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Creating a photonic crystal using a GDS array

Make use of GDS array instantiation

# example created by Bright Photonics

import nazca as nd

with nd.Cell('hole') as hole:
    hole_shape = nd.geometries.circle(radius=0.05, N=8)
    nd.Polygon(points=hole_shape).put(0)

hole.put(array=[20, [0.25, 0], 30, [0, 0.30]])
hole.put(5, -5, array=[40, [0.20, 0.10], 50, [0.10, 0.30]])

nd.export_gds()

In this example we show how to create a photonic crystal. We use Nazca geometries library to define a hole shape, which we then put in the layout using GDS array.

The first array is composed of 20 x 30 hole-shapes spaced by 250 nm in x-direction and 300 nm in y-direction. In the second array of 40 x 50 hole-shape we introduce additional translation of 100 nm x 100 nm. The format of the array is as: [col#, [dx1, dy1], row#, [dx2, dy2]]. Note: to rotate the array you have to play with the two displacement vectors [dx1, dy1] and [dx2, dy2]. If you rotate the original shape, then the original shape is rotated within the lattice.

We can vary the diameter of the holes and the holes finesse by, for example, creating a function with the two variables.

# example created by Bright Photonics

import nazca as nd

def hole(diameter=0.1, points=8):
    hole_shape = nd.geometries.circle(radius=0.5*diameter, N=points)
    with nd.Cell('hole') as cell:
        nd.Polygon(points=hole_shape).put(0)
    return cell

hole().put(array=[20, [0.25, 0], 30, [0, 0.30]])
hole(diameter=0.2, points=36).put(5, -5, array=[40, [0.20, 0.10], 50, [0.10, 0.30]])

nd.export_gds()

Finally, we can specify a layer number in which our structures should be placed.

# example created by Bright Photonics

import nazca as nd

nd.add_layer(layer=1)
nd.add_layer(layer=2)

def hole(diameter=0.1, points=8, layer=None):
    hole_shape = nd.geometries.circle(radius=0.5*diameter, N=points)
    with nd.Cell('hole') as cell:
        nd.Polygon(points=hole_shape, layer=layer).put(0)
    return cell

hole().put(array=[20, [0.25, 0], 30, [0, 0.30]])

hole(diameter=0.2, points=36, layer=1).\
    put(5, -5, array=[40, [0.20, 0.10], 50, [0.10, 0.30]])

hole(diameter=0.1, points=4, layer=2).\
    put(5, -5, array=[40, [0.20, 0.10], 50, [0.10, 0.30]])

nd.export_gds()

We used demofab_klayout_colors.lyp to view the masks in KLayout.

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