Short Guides

• Technology
• Layers
• Ports
• Electrical Ports
• Fiber Ports
• PDK Components
• Parametric Component Library
• Custom Technology
• Custom Parametric Components
• Routing and Connections
• Auto Routing
• Importing a GDSII/OASIS Layout
• Exporting a GDSII/OASIS Layout
• S Parameters
• Tidy3D Model
• Circuit Model
• Data Model
• Custom Model
• Layout vs. Schematic (LVS)
• Inverse Design with Autograd
• Photonic Design Automation
• Custom Component Library in the GUI
• Verilog-A Export

Layout Examples

• Components
• Instances and References
• Paths, Routes, and Transitions
• Grid Snapping
• Grid and Pack
• Design Rule Check

Compact Models

• Analytic Directional Coupler Model
• Analytic Waveguide Model
• Analytic MZI Model
• Analytic Ring Resonator Model
• Analytic Dual-Ring Resonator Model
• Mux/Demux Model
• Analytic Waveguide Crossing Model
• Analytic Bragg Grating Model
• Analytic Data Models Overview

Time Domain Models

• CW Laser
• Signal Source
• Photodiode
• Avalanche Photodiode
• Phase Modulator
• Traveling-Wave Modulator
• Mach-Zehnder Modulator
• Ring Resonator
• Nonlinear Ring Resonator
• Nonlinear Waveguide
• Electrical Filter
• Optical Pulse
• Directly Modulated Laser
• Optical Amplifier
• Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
• Optical Fiber
• Optical Noise
• Electrical Amplifier
• Amplitude Modulator
• Electro-Absorption Modulator
• Custom Expressions
• Differentiator
• Integrator
• Time Delay