Silvaco Group, Inc. · NASDAQ:SVCO
Silvaco — Technical Presentation (2023)
10 slides from Silvaco's technical presentation, Aug 10, 2023
Slide 1: Optical Simulations: Light Emitting and Absorbing Devices
Optical Simulations Light Emitting and Absorbing Devices
Slide 2: Contents
Contents • Light Models • Light Absorption – Solar cells – Image sensors – Liquid crystal • Light Emission – Light emitting diodes – Edge emitting lasers – Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers • Waveguides • Summary ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 2
Slide 3: Light Models
Light Models • Optical simulation methods ranked from fast and less physical, to slower and fully physical • Ray tracing - Fast, but no physical interference • Transfer matrix method - Interference effects only calculated in the ray propagation direction • Beam propagation method - 3D interference,
Slide 4: Light Absorption Solar Cells
Light Absorption Solar Cells • Many material and design types used in solar cells • Solar spectra • Triple cells • Anti reflective • Surface roughness • Lens • Material database ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 4
Slide 5: Light Absorption Image Sensors
Light Absorption Image Sensors • Efficient large structure 3D builder • Areal maximum potential surface response • Transient simulations ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 5
Slide 6: Light Absorption Liquid Crystal
Light Absorption Liquid Crystal DC, transient and light transmittance LC director response ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 6
Slide 7: Light Emission Light Emitting Diodes
Light Emission Light Emitting Diodes • Many different material systems and designs • Far and near field intensity • Quantum effects • Self heating ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 7
Slide 8: Light Emission VCSEL
Light Emission VCSEL • Mode solver • Self heating • DC & transient • Spectra ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 8
Slide 9: Waveguides
Waveguides • Mode solvers • Suitable for the beam propagation method ©2023 Silvaco, Inc. 9
Slide 10: Summary
Summary • Integrated solution no hopping between tools • Self consistent solutions Electrical, Optical, Thermal • Active and passive optical devices possible • Many different light propagation methods • Large material database • Efficient 3D structure creation methods • Design of Experiments environ