FDTD Solutions: High-performance 3D FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) simulator for modeling light propagation in complex nanostructures and photonic devices.
MODE Solutions: Eigenmode solver for designing and analyzing optical waveguides and fiber components.
CHARGE: Device simulator for electrical and thermal transport in optoelectronic devices, including integration with optical simulations.
HEAT: Thermal solver for analyzing heat generation and dissipation in photonic integrated circuits.
INTERCONNECT: Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and simulation platform for system-level analysis.
Finite Element IDE (FEA): General-purpose multiphysics solver for advanced electromagnetic and optical problems.
RCWA (Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis): Solver for simulating periodic nanostructures like gratings and metamaterials.
Material Library: Extensive library of optical and electrical material properties.
Scripting Language: Powerful scripting environment for automation, custom analysis, and parameter sweeps (Lumerical Scripting Language, Python API).
Parametric Optimization: Tools for optimizing device performance based on various design parameters.
High-Performance Computing (HPC): Scalable solvers for parallel processing on multi-core CPUs and GPUs.
CAD Integration: Import and export geometries from various CAD software.
System Requirements (Typical for 2024 versions, always check official Ansys Lumerical site for definitive specs):
Operating System: 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 or 11, Linux (RHEL/CentOS 7.x/8.x, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS/22.04 LTS).
CPU: Multi-core processor (Intel Xeon E3/E5/E7 or i7/i9 equivalent, AMD EPYC/Ryzen equivalent) with AVX2 instruction set support. Recommended: 8 cores or more.
RAM: 16 GB RAM. Recommended: 32 GB RAM or more for larger simulations.
Disk Space: 20 GB free disk space for installation. SSD highly recommended for temporary simulation files.
GraphicsCard: OpenGL 3.3 compatible graphics card with 1 GB VRAM. Recommended: Dedicated GPU with 4 GB VRAM or more, especially for visualization.
Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 or higher.
Network: Internet connection for license activation and updates. Ethernet card required for network licenses.
Python: Python 3.x (specific versions supported, usually 3.7-3.10) for Python API integration.
HPC: MPI (Message Passing Interface) library for parallel computing (e.g., MS-MPI for Windows, OpenMPI/Intel MPI for Linux).
