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17³Ô¹Ï OptSim for Multimode Fiber Optics
17³Ô¹Ï OptSim supports the design and simulation of multimode optical communication systems. With a primary focus on data communication applications, 17³Ô¹Ï OptSim allows users to evaluate both temporal and spatial attributes of optical signal propagation.
Modeling of Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) in 17³Ô¹Ï OptSim.
17³Ô¹Ï OptSim includes FFE- and DFE-based EDC with MMSE-based optimization.
Benefits
- Simulates both temporal waveform and spatial modes of multimode systems combining system-level speed with device-level representation accuracy.
- Virtual prototyping of the multimode optical communication system for increased productivity and reduced time to market.
- Fully supports yield analysis through statistical models of multimode fiber defects such as Cambridge 81 and 108 fiber models.
- Interfaces with device-level tools such as RSoft's BeamPROP to simulate at the system level custom components designed at the device level.
Applications
17³Ô¹Ï OptSim is ideally suited for computer-aided design of multimode optical communication systems including, but not limited to:
- Gigabit Ethernet, e.g. 1GbE, 10GbE
- 10GBASE- systems, e.g. SX, LX-4 and LRM
- Serial / WDM
- TTx / PON
- EDC
- Optical Interconnects
- FSO
Features
- Multimode fiber model includes Helmholtz equation solver supporting arbitrary index profile and index profile perturbations.
- Extensive set of measurement tools enables the user to analyze key characteristics of multimode optical communication systems, such as:
- Transverse mode profiles
- Effective modal bandwidth (EMB)
- Signal over time
- Differential Mode Delay (DMD)
- Signal spectra
- Encircled Flux (EF)
- Eye diagrams
- Radial power distributions
- BER
- Mode-propagation model supports modal dispersion and Differential Mode Attenuation (DMA).
- Comprehensive spatial model using distinct transverse mode profiles supports launch-condition, optical-coupling, and alignment-tolerances analysis.
- Mode coupling effects to model random exchange of powers between modes due to microbends and geometric irregularities in a real fiber.
- Extensive library of predefined manufacturer components makes it easy to model commercially available devices.
- Deterministic and statistical component parameter sweeping.
- Powerful encryption capabilities make protecting your schematics and model parameters easier than ever.
- Application Programming Interface (API) for programming languages such as C/C++ for the development of custom user models.
Studying the impact of refractive index profile perturbations using
Cambridge-81 and Cambridge-108 models in OptSim.
Application Gallery
Refractive Index Profile Distortions and Multimode Fiber Links Performance
Tool Used: OptSim
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