Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Molesky, Sean
• Lin, Zin
• Piggott, Alexander Y.
• Jin, Weiliang
• Vucković, Jelena
• Rodriguez, Alejandro W.

Titel

Inverse design in nanophotonics

Ist Teil von

• Nature photonics, 2018-11, Vol.12 (11), p.659-670

Ort / Verlag

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Recent advancements in computational inverse-design approaches — algorithmic techniques for discovering optical structures based on desired functional characteristics — have begun to reshape the landscape of structures available to nanophotonics. Here, we outline a cross-section of key developments in this emerging field of photonic optimization: moving from a recap of foundational results to motivation of applications in nonlinear, topological, near-field and on-chip optics. Starting with a desired optical output it is possible to use computational algorithms to inverse design devices. The approach is reviewed here with an emphasis on nanophotonics.