Intelligent designs in nanophotonics: from optimization towards inverse creation

N Wang, W Yan, Y Qu, S Ma, SZ Li, M Qiu - PhotoniX, 2021 - Springer
Applying intelligence algorithms to conceive nanoscale meta-devices becomes a flourishing
and extremely active scientific topic over the past few years. Inverse design of functional …

Software-defined nanophotonic devices and systems empowered by machine learning

Y Xu, B **ong, W Ma, Y Liu - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanophotonic devices, such as metasurfaces and silicon photonic components, have been
progressively demonstrated to be efficient and versatile alternatives to their bulky …

Maximal nighttime electrical power generation via optimal radiative cooling

L Fan, W Li, W **, M Orenstein, S Fan - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present a systematic optimization of nighttime thermoelectric power generation system
utilizing radiative cooling. We show that an electrical power density> 2 W/m^ 2, two orders of …

Inverse design of photonic devices with strict foundry fabrication constraints

MF Schubert, AKC Cheung, IAD Williamson… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We introduce a new method for the inverse design of nanophotonic devices that guarantees
that the resulting designs satisfy strict length scale constraints, including minimum width and …

Interpretable inverse-designed cavity for on-chip nonlinear photon pair generation

Z Jia, W Qarony, J Park, S Hooten, D Wen… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Inverse design is a powerful tool in wave physics for compact, high-performance devices. To
date, applications in photonics have mostly been limited to linear systems and it has rarely …

Inverse design of grating couplers using the policy gradient method from reinforcement learning

S Hooten, RG Beausoleil, T Van Vaerenbergh - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
We present a proof-of-concept technique for the inverse design of electromagnetic devices
motivated by the policy gradient method in reinforcement learning, named PHORCED (PH …

400%/W second harmonic conversion efficiency in 14 μm-diameter gallium phosphide-on-oxide resonators

AD Logan, M Gould, ER Schmidgall, K Hestroffer… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Second harmonic conversion from 1550 nm to 775 nm with an efficiency of 400% W^− 1 is
demonstrated in a gallium phosphide (GaP) on oxide integrated photonic platform. The …

Biphysical undetectable concentrators manipulating both heat flux and direct current via topology optimization

G Fujii - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Recent remarkable developments in metamaterials and metadevices manipulating diffusive
processes, such as thermal and electrical conduction, have enabled the control of multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Inverse design of cavities for Bloch Surface Waves interfaced to integrated waveguides

Y Augenstein, M Roussey, T Grosjean… - Photonics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The design of functional elements for Bloch Surface Waves (BSW) is challenging because of
the relatively low index contrast offered by the respective platforms. Here, we design a …

Fundamental limits to attractive and repulsive Casimir-Polder forces

PS Venkataram, S Molesky, P Chao, AW Rodriguez - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We derive upper and lower bounds on the Casimir-Polder force between an anisotropic
dipolar body and a macroscopic body, separated by vacuum, via algebraic properties of …