On 26 and 27 September 2019, a workshop was successfully conducted by the Eggleton Research Group in partnership with two leading international companies in the field of optical circuit design and modelling, Luceda Photonics and Lumerical Inc. The workshop focused on using the software packages IPKISS and Lumerical for component simulation and circuit layout.
During the workshop, the key speakers Mr. Pierre Wahl, the founder of the Luceda Photonics and Mr. Yi-hao Chen from Lumerical helped incorporate numerical modelling and familiarise participants with a platform to design and optimise photonic circuits.