Welcome to
The Practitioner
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This course is specially designed for those who need to work with PICs, either through the design, fabrication, or packaging of devices, engineers and technical staff working in other areas such as RF.
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The course will require travel to Southampton and Torbay for a total of five in-person training days with additional online content. Practitioners will be required to engage with content in their own time.
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Whilst prior experience in photonics is desirable, it is not essential for this practitioner stream.
What will you gain?
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An understanding of where PICs can be deployed, their advantages and limitations.
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An appreciation of PIC components and the ability to produce de-risked designs within foundry fabrication rules.
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An intuitive feel for the operation of passive PIC circuitry through hands-on guided lesson plans.
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An ability to translate simulated designs into a GDS format accepted by PIC foundries.
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Hands-on PIC fabrication and packaging skills.
Course Agenda
Online Sessions
18 June 2025
12:00 - 13:30
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An introductory session covering PIC introductory concepts
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How do we couple light to such a small chip?
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How does light propagate around a PIC?
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How can it be directed in useful ways?
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How can we add an element of tunability to something with no moving parts?
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What will we investigate as PIC Practitioners?
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2 July 2025
12:00 - 13:00
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Introduction to Fabrication (Cornerstone)
3 July 2025
12:00 - 13:00
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Introduction to Packaging (Bay Photonics)
2. Session
Date
8., 9. & 10. July 2025
Location:
University of Southampton
Agenda
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ANSYS Training
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Introduction to PIC components and functionalities: Hands-on lessons using the LightPort:Edu teaching tool
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A GDS layout workshop
3. Session
Date
9. & 10. September 2025
Location
University of Southampton
Agenda
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A hands-on workshop on cleanroom PIC processing. You will conduct lithography, etching, cladding deposition, wafer dicing, metallisation, and wafer-scale testing.
Agenda
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Hands-on training on key packaging activities using industry equipment
4. Session
7. & 8. October 2025
Location:
Bay Photonics, Paignton, Torbay
Note: Due to limited spaces, the participants will be split into 2 groups for session 4.
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