Applications

Our photonic design tools address many applications

Our Application Gallery contains numerous simulation project files to walk you through common application examples with ready-to-use models.

CMOS Image Sensors

Growing interest in imaging applications from gesture sensors, machine vision, and 3D imaging has led to intense research into high performance CMOS image sensor architectures

Diffractive Optics & Metalenses

Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) and metasurfaces are being explored for applications in planar imaging applications including augmented reality and biomedical devices

Integrated Photonic Components & Circuits

Photonic integrated circuits offer immense promise for a wide array of applications from datacenter communications, to environmental and biological sensing, and quantum computing

LED / OLEDs

To deliver brighter and more efficient light sources, researchers are exploring how nanophotonics can be used within light emitting diode (LED) and organic light emitting diode (OLED) structures

Metamaterials & Plasmonics

Many high-impact opportunities exist for plasmonics and engineered photonic materials like metamaterials in next generation photonic devices and sensors

Photovoltaics

To increase efficiency and reduce material costs, research is increasingly focused on new solar cell design concepts.

Photonic Inverse Design

Given desired target performance, computational methods are employed to find the optimal device geometry.

Lasers

Combine the accuracy of physical simulation with the performance and scale of photonic integrated circuit simulation.

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