awesome_photonics

and

and

phidl

made for superconducting detectors

soen-pdk and

zero-pdk

klayout pure python pdk

KQcircuits

Quantum circuits pdk

siepic-tools

code driven PCells and GUI driven layouts

klayout cross-section in python

Port from ruby to python to xsection macro

gdshelpers

includes superconducting detectors

dphox

includes 3D MEMs structures

Best open source layout viewer

tidy3d

Mode solver is open source

Bloch mode solver

philsol

Allows bends

pymode

Allows bends

Bloch mode solver

Bloch mode solver (2D only), support for multiple backends (numpy/autograd/torch/jax)

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Python 3D FDTD simulator

Written in PyTorch

tidy3d client and - Server is propietary

GPU support

based on FEniCS, automatic differentiation with dolfin-adjoint

grcwa

automatic differentiation included with autograd

support for multiple backends (numpy/autograd/torch/jax)

Open-source computational boundary element platform to solve electrostatic, acoustic and electromagnetic problems

Mode solver for open electromagnetic structures based on the method of moments (MOM)

Green dyadic method for nanophotonics, including evolutionary optimization

angler

Frequency-domain photonic simulation and inverse design optimization for linear and nonlinear devices

code

SPLayout

code

ceviche-challenges - Photonic inverse designs based on the FDFD simulator Ceviche

NIDN

Inverse design of metamaterials, photonic crystals, ... using PyTorch

A Neural Operator-based Surrogate Solver for Free-Form Electromagnetic Inverse Design [ ] [ ]

Semiconductor Device Simulator

Suprem4

Process simulator (no python)

pisces

Poison and continuity equation solver (no python)

Paralell TCAD simulator

code

SAX and - Differentiable circuit solver

- Includes time domain

code

pyFDA filter design and

open source, SPICE-compatible, high-performance analog circuit simulator

lcapy

Linear circuit analysis

openVAF

Verilog-A

Laserfun

aims for simplicity

PyNLO

more capable, but unmaintained

PyGLLE

is nice and simple

PyLLE

has more features

Allows you to control the lab instruments with python. As the backend you can use NI or

PySerial

Issue simple serial commands (RS-232, RS485) to instruments (and read data)

LabEXT and

hardware testing framework

Google

autogator

camera-assisted motion control and experiment configuration of photonic integrated circuit interrogation platforms

for GDS files

Meshlab

for STL

for data visualization

code

elkjs - Javascript schematic editor