1. Proceedings
  2. I3M
  3. 2019
  4. EMSS
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2019.emss.043

Selecting an optimal computer software to design microwave-bandwidth optoelectronic devices of a fiber-optics link

  • a M. E. Belkin  ,
  • b T. Bakhvalova,
  • c V. Golovin,
  • d Y. Tyschuk,
  • e A.S. Sigov
  • a,b,e Scientific and Technological Center “Integrated Microwave Photonics” MIREA - Russian Technological University, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • c,d Sevastopol State University (SevSU) Sevastopol, Russian Federation
Cite as
Belkin M.E., Bakhvalova T., Golovin V., Tyschuk Y., Sigov A.S. (2019). Selecting an optimal computer software to design microwave-bandwidth optoelectronic devices of a fiber-optics link. Proceedings of the 31st European Modeling & Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2019), pp. 304-310. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2019.emss.043.

Abstract

Selecting an optimal program mean, we compare in detail two off-the-shelf computer-aided design software: optoelectronic VPIphotonics Design Suite and microwave-electronic NI AWRDE by designing a realistic microwave-photonics-based fiber-optics link including two widespread microwave-bandwidth optoelectronic devices at the transmitting end such as direct intensity modulating semiconductor laser and external intensity modulating electro-absorption modulator. In the result, the qualitative comparison of possibilities showed that NI AWRDE-based approach generally provides broader and deeper functionality, and the single critical shortcoming of it is the absence of any built-in photonic models. Nevertheless, the quantitative comparison on the example of transmitting 2.5 Gbit/s 16-QAM signals at radio-frequency carrier of 25 GHz along the same fiber-optics link showed a relatively close coincidence for the quality of digital radio signal transmission, which indicates the possibility of modeling in any of the software environments.

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