VPIphotonics Design Suite Version 11.4 provides access to professional application-specific simulation tools and pluggable toolkits. They offer flexible usability, design process, and data analysis capabilities.
Version 11.4 advances the simulation and design flow for many applications: DSP and equalization, free-space
optics, LiDAR technologies, Raman for wideband systems, semiconductor lasers and SOAs, and more.
Our software solutions have been proven by commercial companies and educational institutions who have utilized
them to win and successfully execute many research and design projects. With the improved capabilities provided in
Version 11.4, our design suite is set to deliver the same outstanding results in the future.
Photonic Design Environment (PDE) of Version 11.4
Atmospheric Channel Model – Greatly enhanced FSO channel module for airborne and terrestrial links, ground-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground links
Inter-satellite Channel Model – New FSO channel model for inter-satellite links accounting for pointing jitter and the Doppler effect
Phase Screens Model – New atmospheric channel model using the phase screens approach accounting for wavefront distortions of the received beam
FSO Link Budget – Macro for automated FSO link budget calculation based on the channel parameters
Far-field Visualization – Enhanced coupler modules enable the visualization of optical beams with narrow angular spectra
Multimode Fibers – Extended solvers to specify attenuation or background loss as a function of frequency for a subset of selected modes
Multi-section Device Structures – New macro simplifying the design and analysis of semiconductor lasers, SOAs, and other multi-sectional optoelectronic devices
FMCW LiDAR – Frequency-modulated continuous wave LiDAR system and related solutions: a tunable Sampled-Grating Distributed Bragg Reflector (SG-DBR) laser and a 2D beam-steering system employing an optical phased array (OPA)
SHG in PPLN – New experimental module for second harmonic generation in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide
FFE & DFE – Updated feed-forward and decision-feedback equalization capabilities enabling optimum operation for PAM-M signals
Volterra Equalizer – Dedicated 2nd order Volterra equalizer module for easy access
DSP: FFE & DFE – DSP library with FFE and DFE algorithms now operating at any sample-per-symbol in data-aided and decision-directed modes
Reference Data for DSP – New module that obtains a reference signal for data-aided mode FFE/DFE from any point of the digital transmitter
DSP: FIR Filter – Updated algorithm to support real- and complex-valued FIR filter taps and optionally enabled automatic delay
DSP: Gardner CR – New Modified Gardner clock recovery algorithm for high clock frequency mismatches
OFC-based WDM – Demonstration of optical frequency comb-based coherent WDM system
Raman Pump Optimizer – Enhanced module to support pump wavelengths optimization for disjoint spectral ranges
Enhanced Raman Data – New macro and sample data file using the Kramers-Kronig relations to calculate the polarization-(in)sensitive Raman scattering contribution to the nonlinearity coefficient from the gain spectrum
Labeled Links – A new way to interconnect module ports assigning labels to links; sophisticated label syntax to describe connections to multi-ports concisely
Message Filtering – New filter option in the Message Log panel to separate messages based on the executed simulation
Duplicate Schematic Parameters – Create a copy of a schematic parameter, preserving attributes such as type, unit, and value
Strip Modules from a Link – Strip selected modules from a link via the context menu, preserving the connectivity between modules
Images – Add images on a schematic via copy & paste and rotate them
Trace Manipulation in Analyzer – Add new traces as a combination of existing ones using mathematical operations; update newly added traces
Python Library – Experimental Python library for optical and electrical signals simplifies the creation of custom modules and data interchange solutions
Version 11.4 provides access to more than 900 ready-to-run simulation setups. We added over 20 new and improved demo examples to illustrate the application of the new features and modules.
This simulation setup demonstrates the transmission of 10 x 28 Gbaud DP-16-QAM channels in the C band over a 300 km repeaterless ultra-long system consisting of two fiber spans and a
doped fiber amplifier placed between them.
The pump power of the remote gain unit remains nearly constant in the investigated range of transmitter power, thus allowing the usage of a system-level amplifier model.
The detailed design of the remotely pumped doped amplifier demonstrates a related setup.
Setup and Results for repeaterless WDM transmission over 300km