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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Harold 7.2: Quantum Dot gain simulations and more
The nobel prize winning topic arrives to Harold, simulating cutting edge lasers with an established and trusted software.
FIMMWAVE enables Photonect’s simulation-driven design of high-performance, low-loss optical interconnects.
How FIMMPROP is powering engineering of Photonic Interconnects at Start-Up Photonect
Waveguide Tapers - How FDTD is letting the industry down
Back from Photonics West, a top topic was tapers and how FDTD simulations are too slow and require expensive cloud computing to keep up. We discuss EME’s successes for taper simulation.
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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.