custom time signals in Lumerical INTERCONNECT

- January 23, 2024 at 2:07 pm
  
  peterseigo.kincaid
  Subscriber
  
  Hi there, I would need to create a custom time signal to give as an electrical signal input to a MZM in Lumerical INTERCONNECT, is there any way to do this? I have found information online for custom signals only in FDTD and MODE but not in INTERCONNECT.
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Peter
- January 23, 2024 at 8:16 pm
  
  GWANG
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Peter Kincaid,
  
  Thank you for the post. You can use this model to import the arbitratry electrical waveform to INTERCONNECT: https://optics.ansys.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036619933-Piecewise-Linear-Import-FROM-PWL-INTERCONNECT-Element. The model takes in a .txt file that has two columns of [time waveform].