The RSoft CAD Environment is a unified simulation platform for designing and analyzing passive and active photonic devices. It supports device modeling across waveguides, gratings, fibers, lasers, photonic crystals, and advanced optical materials.
With both time-domain and frequency-domain electromagnetic simulation, RSoft helps users design and optimize photonic devices before fabrication.
RSoft CAD Key Capabilities
- Comprehensive Photonic Device Design Platform – Provides a unified environment for waveguides, gratings, fibers, and integrated photonic components.
- Advanced Electromagnetic Solvers – Supports BPM, FDTD, FEM, and RCWA for accurate device-level simulation.
- Multi-Physics Modeling – Simulates optical, electrical, thermal, and material interactions.
- Parametric Design & Optimization – Enables automated sweeps and performance-driven optimization.
- Material & Component Libraries – Includes predefined and customizable models for faster development.
- Seamless Workflow Integration – Works with OptoCompiler, OptSIM, and LaserMOD for end-to-end design flow.
- Scalable Simulation Environment – Handles complex simulations for both research and industrial applications.
Why RSoft CAD is Used?
RSoft is used when precise electromagnetic modeling of photonic devices is critical because it enables:
- Accurately simulate device-level optical behavior
- Perform both time-domain and frequency-domain analysis
- Model wave propagation, modes, and photonic structures
- Analyze dispersion, loss, and nonlinearity
- Reduce fabrication iterations through predictive simulation
Where RSoft CAD is Used?
- Silicon photonics and integrated photonic circuits
- Optical fiber components and WDM devices
- Bragg gratings and waveguide structures
- Semiconductor lasers and optical modulators
- Photonic crystal research
- Biomedical optics and sensing
- Solar cell and energy-related photonics
RSoft Simulation Modules & Utilities
The RSoft CAD Environment includes advanced electromagnetic solvers and specialized utilities for device-level photonic modeling.
RSoft Photonic Simulation Modules
BeamPROP
(Beam propagation method)
FullWAVE
(FDTD electromagnetic solver)
BandSOLVE
(Photonic band structure solver)
ModePROP
(Eigenmode propagation)
DiffractMOD
(Rigorous coupled-wave analysis)
GratingMOD
(Grating design & analysis)
FemSIM
(Generalized mode solver)
Know more about RSoft Simulation Tools
RSoft Utilities
MOST
Solar Cell Utility
Multi-Physics Utility
Tapered Laser Utility
LED Utility
Know more about RSoft Utilities Tools
RSoft CAD Integration with Other Tools
RSoft operates as the device-level foundation within the photonics workflow:
- OptoCompiler for photonic IC design and layout
- OptSIM for system-level optical communication simulation
- LaserMOD for active device modeling (lasers and gain devices)
- CAD Tools for geometry import/export for design compatibility
- Scripting & Automation fo supports customized simulation workflows
Looking to evaluate RSoft CAD for your next project?
Our experts can help you explore how RSoft CAD fits your design and simulation needs.
Explore Related Solutions
RSoft Simulation Modules
RSoft Utilities
LaserMOD
MetaOptic Designer
RSoft Photonic Device Compiler
Share this on: