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PICWave

The Laser Diode, SOA, and Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Simulator

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PICWave

Analysis

PICWave provides a large variety of analysis utilities.

Analysis Tools

PICWave provides you with a large variety of analysis utilities.

  • Optical spectra (spectra of complex optical amplitude, including optical phase) - time averaged and
    time-evolving
Time evolving optical spectrum illustrating the effect of four-wave mixing in an SOA: although only three channels are injected (0nm, +1nm and 44nm), you can observe power in many other wavelengths generated by four-wave mixing
Time evolving optical spectrum illustrating the effect of four-wave mixing in an SOA: although only three channels are injected (0nm, +1nm and 44nm), you can observe power in many other wavelengths generated by four-wave mixing
  • Intensity spectra (spectra of optical intensity) - time averaged and time-evolving
  • RIN Spectra
RIN spectrum for a InGaAsP CW laser
RIN spectrum for a InGaAsP CW laser
  • FM and AM Spectra (S21)
Frequency (orange line) and amplitude (blue line) modulation response of a InGaAsP Fabry-Perot laser obtained by injecting a CW laser (with noise sources switched off) with a small current impulse
Frequency (orange line) and amplitude (blue line) modulation response of a InGaAsP Fabry-Perot laser obtained by injecting a CW laser (with noise sources switched off) with a small current impulse
  • Eye Diagrams + Constellation Diagram
  • LI curves with threshold and differential efficiency measurements

Group delay and dispersion spectra of a tanh-apodised Bragg grating, as might be used for dispersion compensation at the end of a standard telecommunications fibre.

  • Longitudinal and lateral profiles (showing current spreading, carrier density, optical power, current distribution)
Longitudinal hole burning in a quarter-wavelength shifted DFB laser: (a) optical power along the z-axis (blue: total, green: forward, red: backward) and (b) carrier density along the z-axis at the centre of the laser
Longitudinal hole burning in a quarter-wavelength shifted DFB laser: (a) optical power along the z-axis (blue: total, green: forward, red: backward) and (b) carrier density along the z-axis at the centre of the laser