Ansys Optics Virtual Deep Dive: VCSEL Simulation

Overview

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) are critical components in consumer electronics and semiconductor applications, offering unique advantages in fabrication, efficiency, and performance compared to edge-emitting lasers. In this session, we will demonstrate how to design, simulate, and analyze a VCSEL structure using the Ansys Lumerical Multiphysics platform.

Attendees will learn how to automate VCSEL layer construction from a material table, perform cold cavity simulations to evaluate resonance frequencies and modes, and conduct advanced reflectivity and dipole analyses to visualize supported beam profiles. This deep dive will also cover best practices for setting up cylindrical symmetry, managing solver parameters, and interpreting key results including eigenmode field profiles, reflectivity spectra, and Poynting vector distributions.

Whether you are exploring VCSELs for research, product development, or integration into cutting-edge photonic devices, this session provides a straightforward workflow and practical insights into accelerating accurate design and simulation.

What Attendees Will Learn

By attending this session, attendees will:

• Learn how to construct and simulate VCSEL structures using automated workflows, material property tools, and solver setup for both optical and charge transport simulations.
  
• Analyze cold cavity performance through reflectivity, eigenmode, and dipole simulations to extract resonance frequencies, mode shapes, and beam profiles.
• Apply best practices in model setup including cylindrical symmetry alignment, solver configuration, and Fourier component selection for accurate and efficient simulation results.
• Engage with Ansys Opitcs experts in two live Question and Answer sessions. 

Who Should Attend

• Optical engineers
• Optical designers
• Engineering managers
• Photonics engineers

Speakers

• Charly Meyer, Senior Product Manager, Ansys part of Synopsys
• Amrita Pati, Application Engineer II, Ansys part of Synopsys
• Alex Wroten, Senior Product Sales Manager, Ansys part of Synopsys