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A Reinforcement learning method for Optical Thin-Film Design

Machine Learning 2021-02-19 v1 Image and Video Processing Optics

Abstract

Machine learning, especially deep learning, is dramatically changing the methods associated with optical thin-film inverse design. The vast majority of this research has focused on the parameter optimization (layer thickness, and structure size) of optical thin-films. A challenging problem that arises is an automated material search. In this work, we propose a new end-to-end algorithm for optical thin-film inverse design. This method combines the ability of unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning(RL) and includes a genetic algorithm to design an optical thin-film without any human intervention. Furthermore, with several concrete examples, we have shown how one can use this technique to optimize the spectra of a multi-layer solar absorber device.

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@article{arxiv.2102.09398,
  title  = {A Reinforcement learning method for Optical Thin-Film Design},
  author = {Anqing Jiang and Liangyao Chen and Osamu Yoshie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.09398},
  year   = {2021}
}
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