About us
Photon Design was started in 1992 in Oxford UK to provide professional quality software to the photonics industry.
Our Products
World-leading tools for the modelling of active and passive photonics components and circuits.
Bi-directional optical propagation tool
The Laser Diode, SOA, and Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Simulator
A powerful waveguide mode solver
Advanced Semiconductor Device Simulations for Active Photonics
Omni-directional photonic simulations
The WDM/DWDM model for AWGs and Echelle Gratings
A design optimization tool for photonic devices
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Photon Design's two-day, laser design course is now part of Cardiff University's physics curriculum
How Cardiff University have brought industry tier training into their classroom
Here’s one we made earlier - How to include this ready made narrow linewidth tunable laser in your design with PICWave
60nm tuning range with no mode hops - Photon Design provide documentation support to build this design with your epitaxy
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In use in 30+ countries, 100s of research labs and contributed to 1000s of leading research publications, helping to develop the next generation of datacom components and innovations in micro and nano-optics.