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

该SBIR第一阶段项目涉及开发一个交钥匙仿真平台，以自动化电磁设计和建模。这涉及到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，形状因子和能源效率提高10%以上。该工具能够在关键行业中先进制造新型光子和光电器件，包括电信，光电子，生物医学，光刻，成像，显示器和固态照明。它的影响是帮助推动美国制造业的竞争力在1800亿美元的全球光子产业中处于领先地位。这是下一代计算机辅助设计（CAD）工具。Simpetus将开发一个按需、按使用付费、基于云的光子学仿真平台，该平台建立在最先进的开源电磁仿真引擎之上，用于自动化电信、光电子、成像、显示和固态照明等关键行业中一系列光子器件的设计和原型制作。第一阶段将涉及开发一个新的Python应用程序接口（API），有机发光二极管（OLED），超材料开口环谐振器和其他常见设备的模拟模板，以及预处理和后处理模块，以提高我们的工具的生产力。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奠定基础，为先进的光子制造开发第一个交钥匙仿真平台。

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.