Course Dates: September 29 - October 27, 2025 (online instruction); final design submissions due on November 24, 2025

This 4-week online course provides an introduction to the fabless design of silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) specific to photonic sensing applications.

Participants are guided through a step-by-step design sequence that culminates in a tape-out of a sensor PIC chip suitable for fabrication through AIM Photonics’ multi-project wafer (MPW) services.

Each course module begins with an introduction to the design principles and modeling protocols for each type of sensor. Participants are then walked through the process of designing the sensor chip using EPDA software from K-Layout and Lumerical.