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  • Wideband parametric baseban...
    Ullrick, Thijs; Spina, Domenico; Bogaerts, Wim; Dhaene, Tom

    Scientific reports, 09/2023, Volume: 13, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    A novel wideband parametric baseband macromodeling technique for passive photonic devices and circuits is presented. It allows to efficiently estimate the baseband scattering representations of a linear, passive photonic system as a function of a set of design variables, such as geometrical layout or substrate features. The proposed technique relies on the interpolation of macromodels computed via a complex vector fitting (CVF) algorithm, by adopting a methodology based on amplitude and frequency scaling that preserves, by construction, the physical properties of the system, such as causality, stability and passivity. For a specified combination of the design parameters, a rational CVF model is derived that can be simulated by a wide range of ordinary differential equation (ODE) solvers or circuit simulators. Additionally, time-domain simulations using the computed model can be performed at arbitrary optical carrier frequencies, thus allowing for the simulation of multi-wavelength systems. Two application examples are presented to demonstrate the flexibility and advantages of the proposed method.