OIDA Sponsored Webinar: Migrating a PIC Simulation to a System Design: Silicon-Photonic Modulator in a PAM-4 Link
02 June 2020 11:00 - 12:00
Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)Modeling and simulation at both the circuit- and system-levels are critical in the design process for optical communication, quantum key distribution and sensing applications. Seamless migration between these two levels of abstraction will be demonstrated in VPIphotonics Design Suite. This webinar will focus on an optical communication application example by modeling a silicon-photonic modulator at the circuit-level and implementing it for simulation at the system-level in a PAM-4 link.
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Speakers
Dr. Jim Farina, US Managing Director/Director of Technical Services, VPIphotonics
Jim Farina has a 40-year history of work in optics in a variety of areas. He began his career working in quantum optics researching topics such as optical bistability, 2-photon amplification and partially coherent optical sources. Upon joining the United Technologies Research Center, he was engaged in developing ultra-long wavelength lasers, GaAlAs devices and eventually LiNbO3 modulator development. He was cofounder of two startups in the 1990’s involving the manufacture of LiNbO3 modulators and their application. Since 2004, he has been involved with VPIphotonics in the system and device modeling areas. Jim graduated with a BSEE degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in Physics from Drexel University. Currently, he is the Managing Director of VPIphotonics’ North American operations. Jim can be contacted via email at jim.farina@vpiphotonics.com.
Eugene Sokolov, Sr. Photonics Application Engineer, VPIphotonics
Eugene Sokolov is a Senior Application Engineer at VPIphotonics. He has 10 years of experience in the development of market leading PDA products, specifically in the modeling of modern photonic and optoelectronic devices and next generation photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Eugene joined VPIphotonics in 2010 and he currently works in the US office located in Norwood, Massachusetts. Eugene takes part in the development of standardized Process Design Kits (PDKs) and interoperability between circuit-level simulators and mask layout/electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Eugene received his MSc. Degree in Physics (Laser Physics) from the Belarusian State University and he is working towards his PhD in modeling polarization effects in VCSELs. Eugene can be contacted via email at eugene.sokolov@vpiphotonics.com.
The views expressed in this webinar do not reflect those of OIDA and The Optical Society.
