The global performance of RGB OLED displays depends on different factors, such as the emissive properties of the pixels, the illumination conditions, and human perception. In this paper, we present a new automated optical simulation workflow to couple the photonic simulation of the nano- and micro-structure of the pixels with the photometric simulation of the macroscopic display in an illumination scene. We then show a multi-objective optimization for simultaneously achieving high performance across competing metrics at the pixel nanoscale then simulate the display with a Human Vision model to understand the trade-offs at macro scale.
Sandra Gely, Mina Nazari, TJ Gilleran, Sebastien Noygues, Charly Meyer, Federico Duque Gomez, Taylor Robertson, Michael Cheng, David Vega, Angel Morales, Chih-Hao Chen, Dong Sub Shin, Maxime Cailler
CMOS image sensor cameras are widely used in various applications, across industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive, and consumer electronics. With the emergence of high-resolution cameras, obtaining the best image quality is becoming a must-have requirement. There is a growing need to design and optimize each camera component considering image quality of the full system in the targeted application environment. Accurate modeling of such components can be challenging due to multiscale structures going from nanoscale photonics to macroscale optics. To mitigate the modeling problem, Ansys provides ray and wave optics tools to simulate and optimize the design of the different modules of the camera system (lens imaging system, nanoscale pixel structure, digital processing) in a virtual environment with different illuminations, scenes, and scenarios, and evaluate the quality of the complete camera system. The lens system is designed with the optical design software Ansys Zemax OpticStudio. Then, an optical Reduced Order Model (ROM) of this lens system is exported to Ansys Speos, a ray tracing software embedded in a 3D CAD environment that provides fast yet accurate simulation while accounting for environmental conditions, including artificial and natural light sources. In parallel, Ansys Lumerical provides the quantum efficiency of the sensor by combining FDTD, a fully vectorial 3D electromagnetic solver, for the light absorption and CHARGE, a 3D charge transport solver, for the probability of collection of photogenerated charges. Light exposure from the 3D scene through the lens system onto the sensor is combined with the quantum efficiency of the sensor to generate raw images. Finally, digital processing allows the generation of the final image. The ROM has been validated by comparing it against full lens system simulations. The MTF50 differs by less than 10% between the models, and the ROM offers between 10 and 100 times speed performance while maintaining accuracy.
Compact achromats are 3D printed inside a mesoporous host allowing dense integration of multiple elements that do not require external supports for alignment. Broadband visible wavelength focusing efficiencies with minimal chromatic error are achieved.
This poster describes a new end-to-end virtual prototype solution we have developed for simulating the performances of the whole system of a CMOS Image Sensor Camera from the imaging lens system to the final image, through the optoelectronic sensor itself. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) software is used to simulate how much light is absorbed by the CMOS sensor structure and the diffraction effects throughout the micro-lenses and pixels. 3D Charge Transport Solver is used to compute the probability to capture a photogenerated charge and get the quantum efficiency as a function of the incident angles, wavelengths, and pixel position. Finally, we combine light exposure onto the sensor from 3D environment raytracing software with quantum efficiency from photonics simulations to generate raw images and compute the final image.
Efficient fiber-to-waveguide coupling is critical for photonic integrated circuits. However, it is very challenging because of the mode mismatch and high sensitivity to misalignment between the fiber and the waveguide. To address this challenge, various coupling mechanisms have been exploited using sophisticated coupler designs involving complex light interactions with structures from the microscale to the macroscale. Simulations of these complex interactions are essential for the coupler design. Here, we are introducing a multi-scale simulation workflow to design the coupler making use of the interoperability between Ansys Lumerical and Ansys Zemax OpticStudio.
Despite tremendous progress in the integrated photonics ecosystem over recent years, and the commercial success of many products, there remain some important challenges and opportunities. We discuss some of the key simulation challenges related to the design, simulation, and optimization of advanced components such as lasers, isolators, and novel passive components created with photonic inverse design methods. We also discuss system level simulation challenges such as handling spatial correlations when performing statistical analysis and dealing with thermal management.
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