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 showcased its industry-first, simulation tools for quantum dot lasers and PCSELs, at ISLC 2026.
At ISLC our team showcase the world's first 3D dynamic Quantum Dot simulaitons along with their PCSEL design flow for dynamic gain FDTD
Photon Design adds silicon modulator design capability to its HAROLD laser simulation tool.
Supporting the design flow of silicon modulators from electrical simulation, optical simulations for componants, and full 3D dynamic simulations.
Fast computational speed of Photon Design's EME simulation tools has transformed photonic device design.
How Kallistos and EME make designing tapers simple
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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.