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This paper introduces a methodology designed to augment the inverse design optimization process in scenarios constrained by limited compute, through the strategic synergy of multi-fidelity evaluations, machine learning models, and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Luka Grbcic , Juliane Müller , Wibe Albert de Jong

Inverse design of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) has traditionally relied on gradientbased optimization. However, this approach is prone to end up in local minima, which results in suboptimal design functionality. As interest in PICs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Yannik Mahlau , Maximilian Schier , Christoph Reinders , Frederik Schubert , Marco Bügling , Bodo Rosenhahn

Recent introduction of data-driven approaches based on deep-learning technology has revolutionized the field of nanophotonics by allowing efficient inverse design methods. In this paper, simultaneous inverse design of materials and…

Optics · Physics 2019-04-08 Sunae So , Jungho Mun , Junsuk Rho

Over the past decade, artificially engineered optical materials and nanostructured thin films have revolutionized the area of photonics by employing novel concepts of metamaterials and metasurfaces where spatially varying structures yield…

The thermoelastic metamaterial based on a bimaterial hybrid-honeycomb structure, exhibiting simultaneously negative Poisson's ratios and negative thermal expansion coefficients is very promising for various application. This work is…

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Machine learning methods have found novel application areas in various disciplines as they offer low-computational cost solutions to complex problems. Recently, metasurface design has joined among these applications, and neural networks…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Ibrahim Tanriover , Wisnu Hadibrata , Koray Aydin

The development of inverse design, where computational optimization techniques are used to design devices based on certain specifications, has led to the discovery of many compact, non-intuitive structures with superior performance. Among…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-25 Tyler W. Hughes , Momchil Minkov , Ian A. D. Williamson , Shanhui Fan

In machine learning and molecular design, there exist two approaches: discriminative and generative. In the discriminative approach dubbed forward design, the goal is to map a set of features/molecules to their respective electronics…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Alain Tchagang , Julio Valdés

A deep learning-based wavelength controllable forward prediction and inverse design model of nanophotonic devices is proposed. Both the target time-domain and wavelength-domain information can be utilized simultaneously, which enables…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-09 Yuchen Song , Danshi Wang , Han Ye , Jun Qin , Min Zhang

Meta-optics has achieved major breakthroughs in the past decade; however, conventional forward design faces challenges as functionality complexity and device size scale up. Inverse design aims at optimizing meta-optics design but has been…

Data inconsistency leads to a slow training process when deep neural networks are used for the inverse design of photonic devices, an issue that arises from the fundamental property of non-uniqueness in all inverse scattering problems. Here…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-09 Dianjing Liu , Yixuan Tan , Erfan Khoram , Zongfu Yu

Machine learning-based compact models provide a rapid and efficient approach for estimating device behavior across multiple input parameter variations. In this study, we introduce two reverse-design algorithms that utilize these compact…

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Optical multilayer thin film structures have been widely used in numerous photonic domains and applications. The key component to enable these applications is the inverse design. Different from other photonic structures such as metasurface…

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Silicon nitride photonics has enabled integration of a variety of components for applications in linear and nonlinear optics, including telecommunications, optical clocks, astrocombs, bio-sensing, and LiDAR. With the advent of inverse…

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Metasurfaces are key to the development of flat optics and nanophotonic devices, offering significant advantages in creating structural colors and high-quality factor cavities. Multi-layer metasurfaces (MLMs) further amplify these benefits…

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Models for image representation learning are typically designed for either recognition or generation. Various forms of contrastive learning help models learn to convert images to embeddings that are useful for classification, detection, and…

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Machine-learning (ML) techniques have revolutionized a host of research fields of chemical and materials science with accelerated, high-efficiency discoveries in design, synthesis, manufacturing, characterization and application of novel…

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