SBIR Phase I: Automating the Design of Photonic Devices using Cloud-Based Computational Electromagnetics

SBIR 第一阶段：使用基于云的计算电磁学自动设计光子器件

• 批准号: 1647206
• 负责人: Ardavan Oskooi
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: SIMPETUS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1647206&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Automating; Design; Photonic

This SBIR Phase I project involves the development of a turn-key simulation platform to automate electromagnetic design and modeling. This involves the integration of state-of-the-art open-source simulation engines with intelligent control software and cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC). Its three main benefits are to: (1) cut design time by at least 50%, (2) reduce operating costs by an order of magnitude via savings in labor and capital-equipment expenses, and (3) improve device performance, form factor, and energy efficiency by more than 10%. This tool enables the advanced manufacturing of new kinds of photonic and optoelectronic devices in critical industries including telecommunications, photovoltaics, biomedicine, photolithography, imaging, displays, and solid-state lighting. Its impact is to help propel US manufacturing competitiveness to the forefront of the $180B global photonics industry. This is the next generation of computer-aided design (CAD) tools.Simpetus will develop an on-demand, pay-per-use, cloud-based photonics simulation platform, built on top of state-of-the-art open-source electromagnetic simulation engines, to automate the design and prototyping of a range of photonic devices in critical industries including telecommunications, photovoltaics, imaging, displays, and solid-state lighting. Phase I will involve developing a new Python application program interface (API), simulation templates for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), metamaterial split-ring resonators, and other common devices, as well as pre- and post-processing modules to enhance the productivity of our tools. This tool for research and development will be deployed on scalable, high-performance computing (HPC) in the public cloud. Work in Phase I will lay the groundwork for Phase II to develop the first turn-key simulation platform for advanced photonics manufacturing.

这个SBIR第一阶段项目涉及开发一个交钥匙仿真平台，以实现电磁设计和建模的自动化。这涉及最先进的开源仿真引擎与智能控制软件和基于云的高性能计算(HPC)的集成。它的三个主要好处是：(1)将设计时间缩短至少50%，(2)通过节省劳动力和资本设备费用，将运营成本降低一个数量级，以及(3)将设备性能、外形尺寸和能效提高10%以上。该工具可以在电信、光伏、生物医学、光刻、成像、显示器和固态照明等关键行业实现新型光子和光电子器件的先进制造。它的影响是帮助推动美国制造业的竞争力，在价值1800亿美元的全球光电子产业中走在前列。这是下一代计算机辅助设计(CAD)工具。Spurance将开发一个按需、按使用付费、基于云的光子模拟平台，该平台建立在最先进的开源电磁模拟引擎之上，以自动化电信、光伏、成像、显示器和固态照明等关键行业的一系列光子设备的设计和原型制作。第一阶段将涉及开发新的Python应用程序接口(API)、有机发光二极管(OLED)、超材料开环谐振器和其他常见器件的模拟模板，以及前后处理模块，以提高我们工具的生产率。这一研发工具将部署在公共云中的可扩展高性能计算(HPC)上。第一阶段的工作将为第二阶段开发第一个用于先进光电子制造的交钥匙仿真平台奠定基础。