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Modern microelectronic processors have migrated towards parallel computing architectures with many-core processors. However, such expansion comes with diminishing returns exacted by the high cost of data movement between individual…
Inverse design in photonics has gathered increasing attention as a powerful approach that goes beyond the intuition-based designs. In this Letter, we present the inverse design and experimental demonstration of compact optical cloaks at…
We examine the optical properties of a system of nano and micro particles of varying size, shape, and material (including metals and dielectrics, and sub-wavelength and super-wavelength regimes). Training data is generated by numerically…
Nanophotonics has been an active research field over the past two decades, triggered by the rising interests in exploring new physics and technologies with light at the nanoscale. As the demands of performance and integration level keep…
Achieving quantum-limited motional control of optically trapped particles beyond the sub-micrometer scale is an outstanding problem in levitated optomechanics. A key obstacle is solving the light scattering problem and identifying particle…
We present results of a planar process development based on the combination of electron-beam lithography and dry etching for fabricating high-quality superconducting photosensitive structures in the sub-100nm regime. The devices were…
Space group theory is pivotal in the design of nanophotonics devices, enabling the characterization of periodic optical structures such as photonic crystals. The aim of this study is to extend the application of nonsymmorphic space groups…
We propose an inverse-design approach for computational spectrometers in which the scattering media are topology-optimized to achieve better performance in inference of unknown spectra. Unlike traditional end-to-end approaches, our inverse…
There has been an explosion of interest in time-varying photonics due to the recent discovery and design of materials and metamaterials with strong, time-varying, nonlinear optical responses. This opens the door to novel optical phenomena…
Recent advances in meta-optics have enabled diverse functionalities in compact optical devices; however, conventional forward design approaches become inadequate as device complexity and scale grow. Inverse design offers a powerful…
The light scattering of multilayer nanoparticles can be solved by Maxwell equations. However, it is difficult to solve the inverse design of multilayer nanoparticles by using the traditional trial-and-error method. Here, we present a method…
Topological photonic systems, with their ability to host states protected against disorder and perturbation, allow us to do with photons what topological insulators do with electrons. Topological photonics can refer to electronic systems…
Arrays of wavelength scale scatterers are a promising platform for designing optical elements with a compact footprint. The large number of degrees of freedom in this system allows for unique and plentiful functionalities. However, the many…
Topological photonics has emerged as a novel paradigm for the design of electromagnetic systems from microwaves to nanophotonics. Studies to date have largely focused on the demonstration of fundamental concepts, such as non-reciprocity and…
Integrating conventional optics into compact nanostructured surfaces is the goal of flat optics. Despite the enormous progress of this technology, there are still critical challenges for real world applications due to a limited efficiency…
This work describes our vision and proposal for the design of next generation photonic devices based on custom-designed semiconductor nanowires. The integration of multi-million-atom electronic structure and optical simulations with the…
Photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs) allow for the engineering of photonic modes and band structures to control the flow of light and light-matter interactions within the waveguide. They have shown potential for enhancing optical…
Over the past decade alternative technologies have gained momentum as conventional digital electronics continue to approach their limitations, due to the end of Moore's Law and Dennard Scaling. At the same time, we are facing new…
Photonic inverse design has emerged as an indispensable engineering tool for complex optical systems. In many instances it is important to optimize for both material and geometry configurations, which results in complex non-smooth search…
Complex nanophotonic structures hold the potential to deliver exquisitely tailored optical responses for a range of applications. Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) metasurfaces arranged in supercells, for instance, can be tailored by geometry and…