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We present a density based topology optimization approach for the design of metallic microwave insert filters. A two-phase optimization procedure is proposed in which we, starting from a uniform design, first optimize to obtain a set of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-09-09 Niels Aage , Villads Egede Johansen

Morphogenesis is central to biology but remains largely unexplored in chemistry. Reaction-diffusion (RD) mechanisms are, however, essential to understand how shape emerges in the living world. While numerical methods confirm the incredible…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-07-17 Anton S. Zadorin , Yannick Rondelez , Jean-Christophe Galas , André Estevez-Torres

We show that, in contrast to classical random graph models, many real-world complex systems -- including a variety of biological regulatory networks and technological networks such as the internet -- spontaneously self-organize to a richly…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 B. D. MacArthur , J. W. Anderson

Random media introduce large degrees of freedom in device design and can thus address challenges in manipulating optical waves. Wave shaping with metasurfaces has mainly utilized periodic or quasi-periodic grids, and, the potential of…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-28 Hadiseh Nasari , Matthieu Dupré , Boubacar Kanté

We discover a new wave localization mechanism in a periodic system without any disorder, which can produce a novel type of perfect flat band and is distinct from the known localization mechanisms, i.e., Anderson localization and flat band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-18 Zhen Ma , Wei-Jin Chen , Yuntian Chen , Jin-Hua Gao , X. C. Xie

In photonics, band degeneracies at high-symmetry points in wavevector space have been shown to exhibit rich physical phenomena. However, obtaining degenerate bands away from such points is highly nontrivial. In this work, we achieve complex…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-07 Olivia Y. Long , Cheng Guo , Shanhui Fan

Probabilistic super-resolution of high-dimensional spatial fields using diffusion models is often computationally prohibitive due to the cost of operating directly in pixel space. We propose PODiff, a structured conditional generative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Onkar Jadhav , Tim French , Matthew Rayson , Nicole L. Jones

We use hierarchical procedural rules for the generation of control maps within the stable diffusion framework to produce photo-realistic architectural facade images. Starting from a single input image and its segmentation, we apply an…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Aleksander Plocharski , Jan Swidzinski , Przemyslaw Musialski

This paper presents an evolvable conditional diffusion method such that black-box, non-differentiable multi-physics models, as are common in domains like computational fluid dynamics and electromagnetics, can be effectively used for guiding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Zhao Wei , Chin Chun Ooi , Abhishek Gupta , Jian Cheng Wong , Pao-Hsiung Chiu , Sheares Xue Wen Toh , Yew-Soon Ong

The rising complexity of photonic applications, ranging from quantum computing to neuromorphic processing, has driven the demand for highly programmable and scalable photonic integrated circuits. While mesh-based architectures built from…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-29 Yang Yang , Akram Youssry , Alberto Peruzzo

Modeling the spontaneous evolution of morphology in natural systems and its preservation by proportionate growth remains a major scientific challenge. Yet, it is conceivable that if the basic mechanisms of growth and the coupled kinetic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-12-30 Virginia von Streng , Rami Abi-Akl , Bianca Giovanardi , Tal Cohen

Free-space light beams with complex intensity patterns, or non-trivial phase structure, are demanded in diverse fields, ranging from classical and quantum optical communications, to manipulation and imaging of microparticles and cells.…

Optics · Physics 2016-12-13 Andrea Crespi , Francesca Bragheri

We create hybrid topological-photonic localisation of light by introducing concepts from the field of topological matter to that of photonic crystal fiber arrays. S-polarized obliquely propagating electromagnetic waves are guided by…

The spontaneous formation of patterns in dynamical systems is a rich phenomenon that transcends scientific boundaries. Here, we report our observation of coupled optical-atomic pattern formation, which results in the creation of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-10-17 Bonnie L. Schmittberger , Daniel J. Gauthier

The acoustic dispersion properties of monodimensional waveguide filters can be assessed by means of the simple prototypical mechanical system made of an infinite stack of periodic massive blocks, connected to each other by elastic joints.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-02-15 Andrea Bacigalupo , Luigi Gambarotta , Marco Lepidi , Francesca Vadalà

The design of aerodynamic shapes, such as airfoils, has traditionally required significant computational resources and relied on predefined design parameters, which limit the potential for novel shape synthesis. In this work, we introduce a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Reid Graves , Amir Barati Farimani

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and formation of self-organized structures in nonlinear systems are intriguing and important phenomena in nature. Advancing such research to new nonlinear optical regimes is of much interest for both…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-19 Zeyun Shi , Weibin Li , Guoxiang Huang

Crystal structure prediction is a long-standing challenge in materials science, with most data-driven methods developed for inorganic systems. This leaves an important gap for organic crystals, which are central to pharmaceuticals,…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-25 Mohammadmahdi Vahediahmar , Matthew A. McDonald , Feng Liu

Simulating in silico cellular responses to interventions is a promising direction to accelerate high-content image-based assays, critical for advancing drug discovery and gene editing. To support this, we introduce MorphGen, a…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-10-13 Berker Demirel , Marco Fumero , Theofanis Karaletsos , Francesco Locatello

Wavefront shaping is a technique to study and control light transport inside scattering media. Wavefront shaping is considered to be applicable to any complex material, yet in most previous studies, the only sample geometries that are…