CMOS-photonics co-design

A co-design apparatus, comprising:

• a memory comprising instructions;
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to execute the instructions to:
• receive a first input of simulated data of an optical modulator design that meets a target specification;
• design a modulator driver based on the first input of simulated data of a photonic device using a pre-layout simulation;
• receive a second input of experimental data of an optical modulator based on the optical modulator design;
• design the modulator driver based on the second input using a post-layout simulation;
• and
• provide a physical modulator driver design and a physical layout associated with the physical modulator driver design that is based on the pre-layout simulation and the post-layout simulation.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a co-design processor, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:

• instructions to generate simulated photonic data based on a theoretical photonic design that meets a target specification;
• instructions to transmit the simulated photonic data as a first input to a pre-layout simulation of a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuit at a CMOS foundry;
• instructions to generate experimental photonic data based on testing of a fabricated photonic device that meets the target specification;
• and
• instructions to transmit the experimental photonic data as a second input to a post-layout simulation of the CMOS circuit at the CMOS foundry, wherein a physical CMOS circuit design fabricated by the CMOS foundry is based on the pre-layout simulation and the post-layout simulation of the CMOS circuit.