Design and Simulation of Photonics Devices, Circuits, and Systems
Design, simulate, and optimize photonic devices, PICs, and optical systems with a unified workflow from component physics to system performance.
- Photonic Devices
- Photonic Circuits
- Optical Transmission Systems
- Optical Network Configurations
Photonic Device & PIC Design
Simulate passive and active photonic components, lasers, and PICs with advanced optical solvers to improve performance and shorten development cycles.
Design Advanced Photonic Circuits
Explore and optimize silicon photonics, indium phosphide, and hybrid PIC designs using circuit-level simulation and comprehensive device libraries.
Unified Photonic Design Flow
Design optical, electro-optical, and optoelectronic circuits in a single environment with advanced simulation and layout capabilities.
Design Fiber Amplifiers & Lasers
Model, optimize, and validate fiber amplifiers and laser architectures to improve gain, efficiency, noise performance, and power scaling before prototyping.
Model Photonic Devices & Fibers
Simulate and optimize integrated photonic devices, waveguides, and optical fibers with advanced electromagnetic modeling for faster, more accurate photonic design.
Photonic Foundry PDK Library
(VPItoolkit PDK <fab>)
Accelerate photonic IC development with layout-aware PDK-driven design.
Integrated Photonic Design Platform
Connect device, circuit, fiber, and system simulations in a flexible environment that streamlines photonic design and optimization.
Design Optical Transmission Systems
Model and optimize optical links, networks, and subsystems with accurate system-level simulation to accelerate photonic innovation and deployment.
Accelerate Optical Test Workflows
Generate realistic test signals and automate analysis to verify photonic components, subsystems, and transmission systems faster.
Optimize Optical DSP Performance
Apply lab-proven DSP algorithms to optimize modulation, compensate transmission impairments, and improve photonic system performance before deployment.
Intelligent Photonic Design Automation
Deploy machine learning algorithms to automate photonic simulation, optimize device behavior, and accelerate design-space exploration.
Design Secure Quantum Optical Links
Simulate and optimize quantum key distribution systems, evaluating security, transmission performance, and component impairments before deployment.
Integrated Photonic Design Platform
Connect device, circuit, fiber, and system simulations in a flexible environment that streamlines photonic design and optimization.
Accelerate Network Planning
Evaluate OSNR, dispersion, nonlinear effects, and equipment choices to create cost-effective, high-performance optical networks.
Accelerate Optical Network Design
Create and evaluate DWDM, ring, mesh, and point-to-point networks with real-time performance analysis and automated engineering workflows
Learn from Industry Experts
This brochure presents Keysight’s VPIphotonics portfolio for end-to-end photonic design automation. It covers tools for integrated photonic circuits, optical devices, fiber amplifiers and lasers, transmission systems, and network planning. Key capabilities include interactive simulation, automated optimization, scripting, accelerated computing, and data visualization. Interfaces with third-party software and laboratory equipment support collaborative workflows, while protected model sharing enables design exchange without exposing proprietary information.
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RSoft Photonic Device Tools
Application Notes
Optimizing Photodetector Model to a Silicon Photonics Foundry Process
Case Studies
GlobalFoundries Connects Silicon Photonics Design to System-Level Validation
Application Notes
Design and Simulation of a Mach-Zehnder Modulator with Push-Pull Configuration
Application Notes
Custom PDK Generation for a Ring Resonator
Application Notes
End-to-End Electrical-Optical-Electrical Flow in Keysight ADS
WEBINARS
End-to-End Co-Design for Ethernet: Bridging Photonics and Electronics with EOE Simulation
Photonic Design FAQs
Photonics EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software enables engineers to design, simulate, optimize, and verify photonic devices, photonic integrated circuits, optical subsystems, and complete communication systems before fabrication and deployment.
The portfolio includes solutions for photonic device simulation, PIC design and verification, and system-level optical simulation, enabling workflows that span from component physics to complete optical links.
Photonic Designer is best suited for photonic integrated circuit design, layout-driven workflows, circuit verification, foundry PDK integration, and PIC implementation. It focuses on creating and validating PIC architectures before manufacturing.
Photonic Simulation Environment is ideal for modeling and optimizing optical systems, subsystems, transmission networks, fiber-optic components, and complex electro-optical interactions where overall system performance is the primary concern.
Photonic Designer focuses on circuit-level PIC implementation and verification, while the Photonic Simulation Environment extends analysis to subsystem and system-level behavior. Together they provide continuous design insight from photonic circuits to complete optical links.
Yes. The solutions support multi-domain modeling that incorporates photonic, electrical, and optoelectronic behavior, helping engineers understand how devices and circuits perform within larger systems.
Common applications include datacenter interconnects, coherent optical communications, silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, fiber sensing, laser communications, telecommunications networks, and advanced PIC-based systems.
Yes. The platform supports PDK-driven development and reusable photonic building blocks, helping teams move efficiently from design concepts to manufacturable PIC implementations.
By enabling virtual prototyping, performance verification, and end-to-end system evaluation before fabrication, engineers can identify issues earlier, reduce prototype iterations, and accelerate time-to-market.
Choose Photonic Designer when your priority is PIC architecture, layout, and verification. Choose Photonic Simulation Environment when your priority is subsystem, transmission, or network performance. Many organizations use both to create a complete photonic development workflow from device to system.