Modeling of silicon photonics devices with Verilog-A

Author

Martin, Patrick ; Gays, Fabien ; Grellier, E. ; Myko, A. ; Menezo, Sylvie

Author_Institution

Optronics Div., CEA, Grenoble, France

fYear

2014

fDate

12-14 May 2014

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

212

Abstract

Passive and active silicon photonics devices are modeled using the Verilog-A language. The notion of bidirectional optical bus connecting devices is introduced. Models are implemented in SPICE electrical simulators and in standard EDA tools already used for CMOS circuit design.

Keywords

SPICE; electronic design automation; hardware description languages; integrated optics; semiconductor device models; CMOS circuit design; SPICE electrical simulators; Verilog-A language; active silicon photonics devices; bidirectional optical bus connecting devices; passive silicon photonics devices; standard EDA tools; Integrated circuit modeling; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics Proceedings - MIEL 2014, 2014 29th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5295-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIEL.2014.6842123

Filename

6842123

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=163744