Silicon Photonics Design Course 2026

The Silicon Photonics Design Course is a comprehensive program that covers the entire process of developing a functional Silicon Photonics chip – from ideation to characterization.

The course explains how to transform a photonic circuit concept into a functional chip, including schematic design, circuit simulation, layout, routing, and interactive design rule checking.

During the program, participants have the opportunity to create a design that will be fabricated in the cleanroom facilities of UGent. The design will then be characterized, after which the results will be shared with the participants.

Purpose and scope of the course

The specialist design course in Silicon Photonics is offered for researchers and engineers with already a basic understanding of photonic integrated circuits. The course focuses on the process to translate a photonic circuit idea into a working chip, going from schematic design and circuit simulation to layout, routing and interactive design rule  checking. We look into best design practices and overall methodologies for organizing a design flow. As part of the course, the participants get the opportunity to actually tape-out a design that will be fabricated with an e-beam prototyping service and characterized. The measured data will be provided to the participants for post-fabrication analysis.

Key features of the course:

• Achieve mastery in Silicon Photonics integrated circuit design
• Full coverage of circuits, components, simulation, layout, tape-outs, …
• Four days hands-on design lab going all the way from idea to PIC
• Get your Silicon Photonics design fabricated and have it characterized

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