The sixth JePPIX training course runs from October 31^st until November 11^th 2011.

The JePPIX training course in InP-based Photonic Integrated Circuit design and fabrication will run again in Eindhoven this year.  The course is supported by the commercial software house PhoeniX.  This is a rare opportunity to not only study PIC design with the experts, get hands-on experience with various software tools, but also to study practical fab aspects and, ultimately, to get some of your designs built through our shared project runs at the COBRA facilities at TU/e.

 

Venue - Eindhoven University of Technology

Cost - The charges for (part of) the two-week course will be € 1000. For academic participants there is a 50% discount: € 500. Participants will get a binder with course material and daily lunches. Attendees are expected to pay for their own subsistence and accommodation whilst in Eindhoven. There is a wide range of places to stay in the town. A summary is found in this document.

Course Outline:

1st week: Design of Photonic Circuits (Led by Xaveer Leijtens from COBRA and Arjen Bakker from PhoeniX). The week's programme is split into lectures and practical training in the design software

2nd week: Photonic Integration Technology (Led by Huub Ambrosius from COBRA).

The mornings will largely be reserved for lectures and the afternoons for training in the clean room and for practical studies on the software tools and on the optical measurement of InP-based passive waveguides.

Preliminary details of the programme are given below:

Time:	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:
Morning	Introduction in PICs (MS)	Multi-layer waveguides (XL)	MMI couplers (XL)	SOAs: structures, basic properties, amplification and thermal issues (EB)	SOAs: lasers and Signal Processing (EB)
	Wave Equation modes, bv-diagram (XL)	Curved waveguides (XL)	Arrayed Waveguide Gratings (XL)	Principles of Mode Solvers (PhoeniX)	Arrayed Waveguide Gratings (XL)
	Three layer Waveguides (XL)	Junctions and Couplers (XL)	Introduction to PhoeniX structure definition (AB:PhoeniX)	Principles of Beam Propagation: BPM,FDTD (Phoenix)	InP Design Kit - COBRA (1)
Afternoon	Software installation and ADS Tutorial (XL)	ADS Assignments (1) (Emil Kleijn)	Tools, parameterized designs (AB: PhoeniX)	ADS Assignments (2) (Emil Kleijn) Principles of photonic circuit design (Phoenix)	InP Design Kit - COBRA (2) (Phoenix)

Time:	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:
Morning	MOVPE, MBE and CBE basics (1) (HA)	Regrowth technology (HA)	COBRA-ASML Symposium	Process tolerances and device design (Antonio Corradi)	Design with experts:
	Structural and electrical characterization (HA)	RIE, Metallisation and COBRA process (HA)		Discussion and Evaluation Session	Start your own design with the available tools
				demo Multiwavelength Laser (Katarzyna Lawniczuk)
Afternoon	Crystal Structure, Notions of Vacuum, Lithography/Processing Waveguides (HA)	Clean room processing (1) (HA)	STW/IOP Symposium	Clean room processing (2) (HA)