Patterning Tutorial

Mini-workshop/tutorial on design of microfabrication layout patterning masks.

Required software

• Layout editing software: KLayout preffered. LayoutEditor if you can afford the paid version.

Optional software (strongly encouraged)

• Text editor with syntax highlithing and whatever goodies you need for programming (e.g. Atom, Emacs, Vim,...)
• Python 3 + Pip + Packages
  • Windows: Follow these instructions up to step 5.
  • Mac OS/Linux: Usually comes pre-installed only with Python 2. Use package manager of your liking (e.g. Homebrew on Mac, APT-GET on Linux) to install Python 3.
  • gdspy
    • Documentation here
    • Install using Pip: python3 -m pip install gdspy in command line/terminal
  • tkinter
    • Optional, used for real-time-ish visualization of patterns.
    • Documentation here
    • Install using Pip: python3 -m pip install tk in command line/terminal