Title :
Parallel simulations of optical communication systems
Author :
Karelin, Nikolay ; Shkred, Gena ; Simonov, Alexander ; Mingaleev, S. ; Koltchanov, I. ; Richter, A.
Author_Institution :
VPI Dev. Center, Minsk, Belarus
Abstract :
Sophisticated numerical simulations represent an indispensable tool for developing new optical communication systems and solutions. With wider availability of parallel computing hardware (most notably, multi-core CPUs and GPUs) it becomes increasingly important to effectively parallelize simulation algorithms. In this paper, we review the main principles and common pitfalls of parallel simulations for optical systems and components. The addressed topics include signal propagation in fibers, fiber gratings, active and passive semiconductor components, parallel simulations of transmission systems and photonic integrated circuits represented by networks of modules, as well as general-purpose optimization tasks.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; light propagation; numerical analysis; optical fibre networks; telecommunication computing; GPU; active semiconductor component; fiber grating; general-purpose optimization task; multicore CPU; numerical simulation; optical communication system; parallel computing hardware; parallelize simulation algorithm; passive semiconductor component; photonic integrated circuit; signal propagation; transmission simulation system; Central Processing Unit; Computational modeling; Integrated circuit modeling; Multicore processing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optimization; GPU; multicore; nonlinear fiber model; parallel; simulation; split-step algorithm;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876598
