Optimizing component specifications in optical interconnects using mixed-level simulation

Summary form only given. We have developed a mixed-level simulation environment by integrating a new system-level optical link simulation tool with a circuit-level simulation tool to provide a simulation environment that can be used to efficiently optimize component parameters in an optical interconnect. The optical link simulation is driven by the iFROST (Illinois fiber-optic and optoelectronic systems toolkit) program. iFROST is an ANSI C program for the simulation of digital lightwave links at a higher level than a circuit or component simulator