CamachoLab Photonics Bootcamp

Sponsored by Google.

This bootcamp is intended for those with experience in electrical engineering but are interested in learning about designing integrated photonic circuits and their applications.

This course was created as a collaboration between CamachoLab at Brigham Young University and Google’s Skywater Project.

Table of Contents

Front Matter

• Introduction
• Credits

Development Environment

• Open source software
• Software

Passive Device Design and Simulation

• What are photonic devices?
• Defining the layer stack
• Components
• Waveguides
• Passive Components
• Optical I/O
• Optimization and inverse design
• Compact models
• Design rule checks

Circuit Design and Simulation

• Process design kits
• Mach-Zehnder interferometers
• Laying out a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
• Layout Demo

Active Device Design and Simulation

• Advanced Components
• Phase Shifters

Testing

• Analyzing circuits

References

• Glossary
• Repository
• PDK Documentation