ubcpdk 1.5.6

UBC Siepic Ebeam PDK from edx course

UBCpdk 1.5.6

UBC SiEPIC Ebeam PDK from edx course

This is a gdsfactory-based pdk, which provides a fully scripted python based flow for the edx course.

Documentation

• run notebooks on
• UBCpdk docs and code
• gdsfactory docs
• miniforge install instructions

Installation

Installation for users

If you are on Windows, I recommend you install gdspy with Anaconda3, Miniconda3 or mambaforge (faster conda alternative) and pip for gdsfactory.

mamba install gdspy -y
pip install ubcpdk --upgrade
gf tool install

If you want to get all the extras (mode solvers, meep, circuit simulation ...)

mamba install gdspy -y
mamba install pymeep=*=mpi_mpich_* -y
pip install ubcpdk --upgrade
gf tool install

Mamba is a faster alternative to conda, if you don't want to install mamba, you can also replace mamba install gdspy -y with conda install -c conda-forge gdspy -y

If you use linux or MacOs you can install directly from pip pip install ubcpdk specify a specific version pip install ubcpdk==1.5.6 and update to the latest version with pip install ubcpdk --upgrade

I also recommend you install the gdsfactory link to klayout gf tool install

Installation for developers

For developers you need to git clone the GitHub repository, fork it, git add, git commit, git push and merge request your changes.

git clone https://github.com/gdsfactory/ubc.git --shallow-exclude=gh-pages
cd ubc
pip install -e .
pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install
python install_tech.py
gf tool install

Acks

UBCpdk top contributors:

• Lukas Chrostowski (UBC professor): creator of the course and maintainer of the PDK cells
• Joaquin Matres (Google): maintainer of gdsfactory

Open source heroes:

• Matthias Köfferlein (Germany): for Klayout
• Lucas Heitzmann (University of Campinas, Brazil): for gdspy
• Adam McCaughan (NIST): for phidl
• Alex Tait (Queens University): for lytest and lygadgets
• Thomas Ferreira de Lima (NEC): for pip install klayout

Links:

• UBC docs and repo
• gdsfactory docs
• miniforge install instructions
• edx course
• siepic Ebeam PDK
• awesome photonics list