摘要: A complete design environment for the CAE of photonic waveguide devices is presented including layout editor, databases, and simulation algorithms such as modal analysis techniques and two-dimensional and three-dimensional propagation algorithms based on finite difference approximations, Databases are introduced covering the material properties and the parametric description of waveguide profiles and basic components, Considered materials are III/V semiconductors, silica, glass, LiNbO3, and polymers, A constructive circuit generation based on the connection of basic components is described, The realization of these different tools by using the benefits of object-oriented programming is illustrated, and an example shows the effectiveness of this approach.