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FDTD Solutions product training sessions
Lumerical offers a wide range of product training courses that help
you apply the powerful capabilities of FDTD Solutions to
boost your productivity and help you get traction on the toughest
microscale optical design problems.
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TRAINING SESSION
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Free Introductory Webinar Sessions
FDTD Solutions Sessions
MODE Solutions Sessions
Delhi, India
FDTD Solutions Training Session (Two days)
Bangalore, India
FDTD Solutions Training Session (Two days)
Institute of Physics, London, UK
FDTD Solutions Training Session (Two days)
Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK
FDTD Solutions Training Session (Two days)
On-site Sessions
CMOS Image Sensor Design
Customized Training
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Every week
Every two weeks
August 30 & 31st, 2010
September 2 & 3rd, 2010
September 9 & 10th, 2010
September 16 & 17th, 2010
On demand
On demand
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FDTD Solutions Training Session (Two days)
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Registration:
To register, email
or call (604) 733-9006. Register early as seating is limited.
Fee:
Email us for information. Fee includes a light lunch and refreshments during
the morning and afternoon breaks. Academic and group discounts are available upon request.
Confirmation:
Upon registration you will receive an email confirmation of your reservation.
Course Hours:
Training sessions run from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day.
Plan to check-in between 8:30 and 9:00 am.
Cancellation Policy:
The deposit is fully refundable if you notify Lumerical in writing at
least two weeks prior
to the session. A 75% refund will be given for cancellations made with less than two
weeks notice. No refund will be given if you fail to attend. If you can't make it,
send a colleague to take your place.
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Day 1: Introduction to the current release of FDTD Solutions
Description:
The first day of the course is all about starting to use the finite-difference
time-domain (FDTD) method to model wavelength-scale optical devices and phenomena.
This training session gives hands-on experience using FDTD Solutions to create simulations and analyze results step-by-step.
Topics:
- Overview of the FDTD method and when it should be applied
- How to efficiently obtain steady state, continuous wave results from a time domain method
- Using the GUI Layout Editor effectively
- Treating design problems efficiently with the FDTD Solutions workflow
- Review of different types of optical sources
- Choosing monitors to obtain spatial, time and wavelength-dependent data
- Analyzing data and plotting results
- Scripting commands (review of basic commands, and introduction to new commands in current release)
- Q&A
Workshop:
- Simple example
- Getting Started examples
- Advanced example
- User-supplied examples
- Q&A
Day 2: Advanced applications of FDTD Solutions
Description:
Gain greater understanding of the more advanced features of FDTD Solutions and its
state-of-the-art parallel computational engine. In this session, you will learn how to take
advantage of the optimized engine to speed up your simulations and increase your productivity.
This training session will treat advanced application examples.
Topics:
- Scripting language for parameter sweeps and design optimization
- Far field analysis with the GUI and using scripting
- Advanced boundary conditions
- Dispersive and anisotropic materials
- Interoperability with ASAP and user-defined sources
- Importing structures from external files
- Coherence and polarization in FDTD and how to obtain incoherent, unpolarized results
- Parallel Computation
- Applying the features to an advanced example
Workshop:
- Advanced examples
- User-supplied examples
- Q&A
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On-site Training Sessions
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Location: At customer's location.
Fee and Availability:
Contact Lumerical for pricing and availability.
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CMOS Image Sensor Design (3 days)
Description:
This comprehensive course is for optical engineers and research scientists who are familiar
with image sensor design principles and are interested in using FDTD Solutions to produce
accurate models in 3D. The course is designed to get users up to speed quickly
and to provide in-depth instruction for pixel optics design and anlaysis.
Topics:
- Principles and methods of CMOS/CCD Image Sensor Modeling with FDTD Solutions
- Types of crosstalk: spectral, spatial, electrical
- Using plane waves and focused beams to calculate the point spread function
and angular response
- Calculating the incoherent optical response
- Determining the unpolarized optical response
- Modeling photoelectric conversion via scripting
- Drawing 3D image sensor pixels in FDTD Solutions and importing structures
- In-depth example: analysis of CMOS/CCD image sensor response vs. angle at RGB, and comparison
with ideal case
- Image sensor design optimization
Suggested Background:
This course is specifically intended for those working
in the image sensor industry. No previous experience with FDTD Solutions is
required.
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Customized Training (2-3 days)
Description:
The expert technical staff at Lumerical can provide customized training for using FDTD
Solutions on a variety of topics. Customized training courses are devised based on the needs
of the customer and performed on-site. Customized courses typically run for 2 or 3 days as required, with
the first day covering the FDTD Solutions Advanced Capabilities course.
Requirements:
Interested parties should submit a description of the problem of interest including
specific desired simulation objectives and results. It should be noted that no proprietary designs will be
considered in these courses, so only representative designs should be sent.
Topics:
- User-defined topics according to interest and goals
- Efficient simulation setup and detailed analysis of results
- Comparison with experimental data (if available)
- Hands-on training
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