Integration of traveling wave laser model into an mixed electrical/optical circuit simulator

Summary form only given. The integration of optical and electronic devices to achieve lower costs and higher functionality is attractive for a wide variety of opto-electronic applications. The key to innovation at the design level for these circuits is the availability of highly skilled personnel able to take advantage of sophisticated computer aided design (CAD) platforms. These tools enable them to undertake quick iterations of the design and simulation loop. The creation of such tools will need two interrelated initiatives: 1) The development of novel simulation and modelling techniques that will enable a robust and efficient simulation capability. These capabilities will include distributed thermal effects; modeling of non-linear optical devices; and the development of robust models for simulating circuits containing resonant devices. 2) The simulation and analysis of general, large and complex mixed electro-optic circuits. An important part of the development of these tools is physically based, fast and flexible compact models for devices such as integrated lasers. In this paper we will present the integration of a travelling wave based laser model into a time-domain SPICE compatible optoelectronic circuit/system simulator (OptiSPICE) and its application to a mixed domain circuit containing an optical ring switch and driver and detector circuits.