Foundry-Ready End-to-End Photonic Active Design with PhotonForge
20 February 2025 10:00 - 11:00
Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)
PhotonForge is a next-generation photonic design automation platform that consolidates the entire Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) development workflow—from design and optimization to fabrication-ready layouts—into a single environment. Leveraging GPU-accelerated, multi-physics solvers and support for foundry PDKs, PhotonForge unites layout, device simulations, compact model generation, circuit-level simulations, and signal integrity analysis. In this webinar, we will load a foundry PDK, perform RF and optical simulations, conduct time-domain analyses, and generate fabrication-ready layouts for an ultra-high-speed electro-optic modulator in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN), all within a single interface. Through accurate simulations and fabrication-aware designs, PhotonForge enables photonic designers to avoid costly tape-out errors, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce development costs of integrated photonics solutions.
Moderator
Speaker
Dr. Prashanta Kharel
Technology Strategist, Flexcompute
Dr. Prashanta Kharel is Technology Strategist at Flexcompute, where he is leading partnerships with foundries and helping develop new simulation tools for the photonics industry. Dr. Kharel obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University, specializing in nonlinear optics and quantum technologies. In his prior role as head of devices and founding team member of HyperLight, Dr. Kharel worked on commercializing Thin-film Lithium Niobate photonics platform from diverse markets ranging from optical communications to test and measurement. Dr. Kharel has authored over 22 journal articles and 13 patents, bringing a blend of academic insight and industry experience to photonic design automation.
