Education: ASPIC realizes the best interactive environment to explain and teach how an optical circuit works, which are the limits and the capabilities, the sources of impairments and their detrimental effects and the impact on the pulse shape. Extremely easy to use, ASPIC permits to increase the learning efficiency through an attractive process.

Research: ASPIC capability of abstraction from the physical layer allows to operate at ‘concept’ and ‘idea’ level, increasing the efficiency of the ‘proof of concept’ or ‘feasibility’ phases. By concentrating on the circuit and its transfer function, new and original circuit solutions can be tested and proved in a short time. Nevertheless, by using more sophisticated models, extremely realistic simulations are possible, with accuracy similar to those obtained through electromagnetic simulators.

Industry: ASPIC is a potential candidate for every R&D unit of industries that operate with optical circuits. It helps to adjust circuits and avoid the classical ‘cut and try’ procedure typical of the development of every commercial device. ASPIC can speed up the process that brings from the idea to the prototype and to the final product reducing the time to market. Further, ad hoc libraries for foundries can be implemented and allow to access technological platforms safeguarding IP.