OptSim is RSoft's award-winning software tool for the design and simulation of optical communication systems at the signal propagation level. With state-of-the-art simulation techniques, an easy-to-use graphical user interface and lab-like measurement instruments, OptSim provides unmatched accuracy and usability. The software has been commercially available since 1998 and is in use by leading engineers in both academic and industrial organizations worldwide.

OptSim project layout of a DQPSK system. OptSim includes an advanced BER estimator specific for D(Q)PSK systems based on Karhunen-Loeve series expansion.

Benefits

• Virtual prototyping of the optical communication system for increased productivity and reduced time-to-market.
  
• Optimization of the design for enhanced performance and/or reduced cost.
  
• Interfaces with 3rd party tools such as MATLAB®, Cadence Spectre, Liekki Application Designer, Luna Optical Vector Analyzer.
  

Applications

OptSim is ideally suited for computer-aided design of optical communication systems including, but not limited to:

• DWDM / CWDM Amplified, e.g. EDFA, Raman, SOA, OPA
  
• Advanced Modulation Formats, e.g. D(Q)PSK, Duobinary, OFDM
  
• OCDMA / OTDM
  
• CATV Digital/Analog
  
• Optical Interconnects
  
• FTTx / PON
  
• EDC
  
• FSO
  
• Soliton
  
  

FEATURES

• Only design tool with multiple engines implementing both the Time Domain Split Step and the Frequency Domain Split Step for the most accurate and efficient simulation of any optical link architecture.
  
• MATLAB® interface makes it easy to develop custom user models using the m-file language and/or the Simulink® modeling environment.
  
• Interface with Liekki Application Designer for the simulation at the system-level of Fiber Lasers & Fiber Amplifiers designed at the device-level with LAD.
  
• Interfaces with laboratory test equipment such as Agilent and Luna to merge simulation with experiment.
• Interfaces with device-level design tools such as BeamPROP, GratingMOD, and LaserMOD provide a powerful mixed-level design flow for optoelectronic circuits and systems.
  
• Interfaces with EDA tools such as Berkeley SPICE, Cadence Virtuoso Spectre, and Synopsys HSPICE for a mixed-domain electrical and optical simulation.
  
• Application Programming Interface (API) for programming languages such as C/C++ for the development of custom user models.
  
• Best Fit Laser Toolkit™ makes customizing powerful rate-equation laser model parameters to fit desired performance characteristics easy.
  
• Extensive library of predefined manufacturer components makes it easy to model commercially available devices.
  
• Intuitive and flexible measurement post-processing graphical interface acts like a virtual laboratory instrument.
  
  

OptSim - MATLAB cosimulation project layout. An Electro Absorption Modulator with Chirp is modeled using MATLAB m-file programming language. The MATLAB engine is automatically invoked by OptSim at runtime to simulate the EAM model.