Time Steppers

Time stepper classes

• photonforge.TimeStepper Abstract time stepper class used to time step a component.
• photonforge.AmplitudeModTimeStepper Time-stepper for a uniform electro-optic amplitude modulator.
• photonforge.AnalyticWaveguideTimeStepper Analytic waveguide time-stepper with power-dependent effects.
• photonforge.AvalanchePhotodiodeTimeStepper Avalanche photodiode with excess noise and a gain-bandwidth limit.
• photonforge.CWLaserTimeStepper Time-stepper for a continuous-wave (CW) laser source.
• photonforge.CircuitTimeStepper Circuit-level time stepper.
• photonforge.DMLaserTimeStepper Time-stepper for a directly modulated laser source.
• photonforge.DelayedTimeStepper Time stepper that adds time delays to other time steppers.
• photonforge.DifferentialTimeStepper Time stepper for differentiating electrical signals in time.
• photonforge.ElectricalAmplifierTimeStepper Time-stepper for a broadband amplifier or modulator driver.
• photonforge.ElectroAbsorptionModTimeStepper Time-stepper for an electro-absorption modulator (EAM).
• photonforge.ExpressionTimeStepper Expression time stepper for electrical signals.
• photonforge.FilterTimeStepper Filter time stepper for electrical signals
• photonforge.IntegralTimeStepper Time stepper for integrating electrical signals in time.
• photonforge.MZMTimeStepper Time-stepper for a push-pull or dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator.
• photonforge.OpticalAmplifierTimeStepper Time-stepper for a unidirectional optical amplifier.
• photonforge.OpticalNoiseTimeStepper Time-stepper for an optical white-noise source.
• photonforge.OpticalPulseTimeStepper Time-stepper for a Gaussian optical pulse source.
• photonforge.PhaseModTimeStepper Time-stepper for a uniform electro-optic phase modulator.
• photonforge.PhotodiodeTimeStepper Time-stepper for a photodiode and a transimpedance amplifier (TIA).
• photonforge.PolarizationModeDispersionTimeStepper Time stepper for PolarizationModeDispersionModel.
• photonforge.RingTimeStepper Analytic ring resonator time-stepper with single or double bus.
• photonforge.SMatrixTimeStepper Time stepper based on a time-domain model.
• photonforge.SemiconductorAmplifierTimeStepper Time-stepper for a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA).
• photonforge.TerminatedModTimeStepper Time-stepper for a travelling-wave electro-optic phase modulator.
• photonforge.WaveformTimeStepper Time-stepper for a signal generator from several waveforms.

Helper classes

• photonforge.TimeDomainModel Time-domain model based on a pole-residue representation of an S matrix.
• photonforge.TimeSeries Time series data.

Helper functions

• photonforge.eo_s21 Electro-optic response of a terminated traveling-wave modulator.
• photonforge.miller_gain Tabulate Miller’s empirical multiplication curve.
• photonforge.register_time_stepper_class Register a time stepper class derived from TimeStepper.
• photonforge.saturation_output_power Output power at which the gain has dropped 3 dB from unsaturated.
• photonforge.srh_lifetime Shockley-Read-Hall carrier lifetime as a function of excess density.