Photonic Solutions Enewsletters

  • March 2024
    Synopsys OptoCompiler 2023.12-SP1 and RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2023.12-SP1 Releases Now Available, Python Support in Synopsys OptSim; Foundry Spotlight: Global Foundries; See you at OFC and other upcoming events

  • December 2023
    Customer Support Hours in December; New Releases Available: Synopsys OptSim 2023.12, Synopsys OptoCompiler 2023.12, RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2023.12; Latest Blog Articles; Application Notes; Foundry Spotlight: SMART Photonics

  • October 2023
    Synopsys OptoCompiler and Synopsys OptSim 2023.03-SP1 release; RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2023.03-1 release; Foundry Spotlight: Sivers Photonics; Designing PAM4 Transceiver PICs and Measuring TDECQ in Synopsys OptoCompiler E-O Co-Design Platform; Can Photonics Power Next-Gen AI Chatbots?

  • June 2023
    Software Updates: Synopsys OptoCompiler and Synopsys OptSim 2023.03-SP1 and RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2023.03-1; Foundry Spotlight, Modeling Improvements for Photonic Integrated Circuits

  • March 2023
    New Releases of Synopsys OptoCompiler 2023.03, Synopsys OptSim Base & Elite 2023.03, Synopsys OptoDesigner 2023.03, RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2023.03; Upcoming Tech Talks; Blog Articles; SolvNetPlus Resources; Upcoming events; Industry articles

  • December 2022
    Customer Support Hours in December, How Process Design Kits Streamline Photonic IC Development, What You Need to Know About Silicon Photonics, 2022 Photonic Symposium presentations on-demand, New Releases Available, MetaOptic Designer, SolvNetPlus Resources, Industry articles, Upcoming events

  • August 2022
    Fully Automated Inverse Design Tool for Metalenses/Metasurfaces, Migration to SolvNetPlus in October 2022, New White Papers, Most Popular Application Note, Industry Articles

  • June 2022
    Photonic Solutions v2022.06 Releases Now Available, On-Demand Tech Talks, News, Blog, Popular Application Notes, Industry Articles, Upcoming Training and Events

  • February 2022
    New Releases: 2021-09-2 service release, Photonics Spectra December issue article, blog article on photonics

  • December 2021
    Optical Solutions Tech Support during the holidays, LucidDrive release, resources, and events

  • November 2021
    Photonic Solutions 2021.09-1 Service Release Now Available, Photonic Symposium 2021 Recap and Materials On Demand, Co-Packaged Optics Paper, AIM Photonics Announcement, Training and Events

  • September 2021
    Photonic Solutions 2021.09 Release Now Available, Photonic Symposium virtual event, Student Optical Design Competition 2021 Winners

  • August 2021
    RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2021.03 Service Release 3 Now Available, Photonic Symposium - Save the Date, Tech Talk Recording: From Optical Fibers to Transceivers: Inter-Datacenter System Design

  • July 2021
    New Application Note: Hollow Antiresonant Fibers with Reduced Attenuation, Save the Date: Photonic Symposium, Upcoming Tech Talk, On-Demand Resources
     
  • May 2021
    Photonic Solutions Enhanced Electro-Photonic Design Platform with OptSim Elite and Photonic Device Compiler, Technical Paper, Online Tech Talk: From Optical Fibers to Transceivers: Inter-Datacenter System Design

  • March 2021
    Photonic Solutions 2021.03 Release, Introducing OptSim Elite and Photonic Device Compiler, Photonic Solutions New Features Presentation, Resources

  • February 2021
    Upcoming Synopsys webinars and conferences, "Testing Silicon Photonics in Production" Semiconductor Engineering article, glossary, Student Optical Design Competition, Optics for Kids, on-demand resources

 

  • December 2020
    Holiday Tech Support, Customer Support Portal resources, Student Optical Design Competition, Other resources

  • November 2020
    Synopsys Photonic Solutions Supports Academic Programs, Synopsys Has Unveiled a New Era of Photonic Integrated Circuit Design: OptoCompiler, New Application Note, New Software in Motion Video Coming Soon, Industry Publication, Blog, ECOC 2020

 

  • October 2020
    Service Releases Now Available: Photonic Solutions v2020.09-1, Synopsys Has Unveiled a New Era of Photonic Integrated Circuit Design: OptoCompiler, New Software in Motion Video Now Available, Day of Photonics 2020 Synopsys Webinar 

 

  • September 2020
    Announcing OptoCompiler: Industry-First Unified Electronic and Photonic Design Platform; New RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools, and PIC Design Suite Releases Now Available
 
  • August 2020
    Special Event, New Feature Highlight, Software-in-Motion Video, On-Demand Resources
 
  • July 2020
    New White Paper, Feature Highlight, July Webinars, On-Demand Resources
 
  • May 2020
    New Application Note, PDK Updates on the Blog, May Webinar Recordings, On-Demand Resources, Recent Events

 

  • March 2020
    New RSoft Photonic Device Tools, Photonic System Tools & PIC Design Suite Version 2020.03 Releases Now Available, OFC Update

  • February 2020
    Synopsys at OFC 2020 and OIDA Workshop, New Application Note, On-Demand Resources, imec PDK

 

  • January 2020
    New Tech Support Email Address, SPIE Photonics West 2020, New Application Note, On-Demand Resources, Photonic Solutions Licensing for Students and Educators

 

  • December 2019
    2019 Releases in Review, On-Demand Resources, Follow Us on Social Media, and Holiday Tech Support

  • November 2019
    OptSim Circuit and OptoDesigner Quick Tip, RSoft Feature Highlight, PDK Updates
     
  • September 2019
    RSoft Device Tools, Photonic System Tools and PIC Design Suite Version 2019.09 New Releases
     
  • August 2019
    OptoDesigner Quick Tip, RSoft Feature Highlight, AMF PDK Update

  • July 2019
    OptSim Quick Tip, New Photonic Solutions Webinar Series, PDK Updates, TowerJazz Webinar Highlights
     
  • June 2019
    Quick Tip: New GDS File Import/Export Approaches with RSoft CAD, Quick Tip: OptoDesigner, PDK Update

  • May 2019
    PIC Design Suite Layout-Versus-Schematic Quick Tip, RSoft Application, PIC Training Reminder

  • April 2019
    Modeling Probabilistic Constellation Shaping in OptSim, May PIC Training at the University of Rochester
     
  • March 2019
    New RSoft & OptoDesigner Releases Now Available, Annual PIC Training

  • February 2019
    Quick Tip: Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensors

  • January 2019
    RSoft Products Version 2018.12 Service Release 1 Now Available

  • December 2018
    RSoft Products Version 2018.12 Now Available, RSoft Tech Support During the Holidays, 2018-2019 Student Optical Design Competition, Upcoming Conferences

  • November 2018
    OptSim, OptSim Circuit and ModeSYS: Modeling Stochastic Variations in Parameters and Performance

  • October 2018
    Enhancement of Four-Wave-Mixing Nonlinear Phenomena by Surface Plasmon Effect

  • September 2018
    Terrestrial Optical Fiber Networks for Long-Haul Data Center Connectivity: Engineering Optimal Spans      
  • August 2018
    RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite 2018.03 Service Release 1 (2018.03-1) Now Available

  • August 2018
    RSoft Photonic System Design Suite 2018.03 Service Release 1 (2018.03-1) Now Available

  • July 2018
    Quick Tip: Calculating Partial Q Values for Photonic Crystal Slab by using Q-Finder Utility 

  • June 2018
    Using BeamPROP to Simulate a Mode-Evolution-Based Polarization Rotator with High-Index Contrast

  • June 2018
    Using Symbols in the RSoft Component Tools and Viewing the Current Value of an Option or Expression

  • April 2018
    Elastic Connectors in OptSim™ Circuit

  • March 2018
    RSoft Photonics Component Design Suite 2018.03 and RSoft Photonic System Design Suite 2018.03 Now Available

  • February 2018
    Synopsys Acquires PhoeniX Software, Custom PDK-Based Model Examples, OFC 2018, PIC International Training

  • February 2018
    Creating Custom PDK Models with the S-Matrix/Custom PDK Generation Utility
     
  • December 2017
    RSoft Photonic System Design Suite 2017.09 Service Release 1 (2017.09-1) Now Available

  • November 2017
    RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite 2017.09 Service Release 1 (2017.09-1) Now Available

 

  • October 2017
    RSoft Photonic Component & System Design Suite 2017.09 Now Available

 

 

  • August 2017
    Silicon Photonics for Data Center Switches: Schematic-Driven Simulation and Mask Generation for an AIM PDK-Based 4x4 Benes Switch 

  • July 2017
    Hybrid III-V Silicon Laser (Silicon Evanescent Laser – SEL)

 

  • June 2017
    Co-Simulation of Integrated Photonic Devices Using Sentaurus TCAD and RSoft

 

  • May 2017
    Tip: Few-Mode-Fiber Design
     
  • April 2017
    OptSim Circuit: Simulation of AIM Photonics Transmitter-Receiver and Generation of Masks
     
  • March 2017
    RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite 2017.03 and RSoft Photonic System Design Suite 2017.03 Now Available
     
  • February 2017
    OFC Info Session: PIC Design Using Synopsys OptSim Circuit and PhoeniX Software OptoDesigner; Quick Tip: Studying the Mode Evolution Within a Spot Size Converter
     
  • January 2017
    Quick Tip: How to Use a Data File to Define a Custom Refractive Index Profile in the User Profile Editor
     
  • December 2016
    RSoft Tech Support During the Holidays, Upcoming Training and Conferences
     

RSoft Component Design Suite 2016.09 Now Available

 

Measurement of Total Jitter in High-Speed Serial I/O Links from the BER Bath-Tub Curves Using OptSim and ModeSYS
 

  • August 2016
    Tip: Defining Patterned Surfaces Using Data Files and Adding Coating Layers
     
  • July 2016
    Tip: Using the OptSim Circuit Interface with PhoeniX Software's OptoDesigner 
     
  • June 2016
    New Features in the RSoft System Tools Version 2016.06
     
  • May 2016
    Performing Multimode Calculations in FemSIM
     
  • April 2016
    Modeling of PAM-4 Transmission Over Large-Core Plastic Optical Fiber Using ModeSYS and OptSim DSP Library for MATLAB
     
  • March 2016
    RSoft Component Design Suite 2016.03 New Features
     
  • February 2016
    Creating a Pulse Train in FullWAVE Using Custom Time Envelopes
     
  • January 2016
    In-Band OSNR Measurement in ROADM-Based Networks Using OptSim
     
  • December 2015
    New Releases of the RSoft System Tools and Component Design Suite: Software and License File Download Instructions, Key New Features in the RSoft System Tools 2015.12 Release, Key New Features in the RSoft Component Design Suite 2015.06 Service Release 2
     
  • November 2015
    Using WinPLOT to Create High-Quality Graphics for Publications and Presentations: Part 2, Contour Plots
     
  • October 2015
    Using WinPLOT to Create High-Quality Graphics for Publications and Presentations: Part 1, Line Plots
     
  • September 2015
    Traveling Wave Mach-Zehnder Modulator (TW-MZM) Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Design in OptSim Circuit
     
  • August 2015
    Efficient AWG Design with the Effective Index Method
     

RSoft Component Design Suite 2015.06 Service Release 1 Now Available

 

Modeling Large-Core Multimode Fiber-Based Systems in ModeSYS
 

  • June 2015
    RSoft Products Release 2015.06 Available Now
     
  • May 2015
    OptSim Tip: 3D Plot of Evolution of Optical Pulse in the Fiber
     
  • April 2015
    RSoft Component Design Suite 2014.09 Service Release 1 Available Now
     
  • March 2015
    Modeling Multipath Interference (MPI) in OptSim Circuit
     
  • January 2015
    Creating and Organizing Compound Components in OptSim, OptSim Circuit and ModeSYS
     
  • December 2014
    New CAD Circuit Reference and Dynamic Array Features
     
  • November 2014
    ModeSYS Simulations – Settings to Improve Speed and Memory Requirements
     

RSoft Component Design Suite 2014.09 Available Now

 

RSoft System and Network Tools 2014.09 Available Now

  • July 2014
    Impact of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering on Fiber's Effective Loss
     
  • June 2014
    Quick Tip: How to enter custom refractive index profiles as an expression in the User Profile editor
     
  • May 2014
    Creating and Organizing OptSim and ModeSYS Project Reports
     

RSoft MetroWAND 2013.12-2 now available

 

Techniques for Reducing FDTD Simulation Times in FullWAVE
 

  • March 2014
    Modeling Mode Coupling Effects and Analyzing Their Impact on Spatial and Transient Performance of a Multimode Fiber in ModeSYS

  • February 2014
    Computing Bending Modes
     
  • January 2014
    Tips on system design using fixed optical output amplifier and fixed optical gain amplifier models in OptSim

 

  • December 2013
    Announced the availability of version 2013.12 of the RSoft products, which includes the RSoft Component Design Suite, the RSoft System Tools, and RSoft MetroWAND.
     
  • November 2013
    Quick Tip: How to measure effective modal bandwidth of a multimode fiber in ModeSYS
     
  • October 2013
    RSoft Component Design Suite 9.0-16 Now Available

 

  • April 2013
    New Features in MetroWAND Version 4.0, Issues Resolved in MetroWAND 4.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

 

  • December 2012
    RSoft MetroWAND Version 4.0 Now Available, RSoft Component Design Suite Version 9.0 Service Release 12, RSoft System Tools Version 5.3 Service Release 1