We briefly review the current state of the art of microwave CAD technologies. We look into
the history of design optimization and CAD‐oriented modeling of microwave circuits as well …

We propose an adjoint-variable approach to design-sensitivity analysis with time-domain
methods based on structured grids. Unlike conventional adjoint-based methods, it does not …

We present the application of adjoint analysis to 3-D finite-element method scattering
problems for a posteriori error estimation and adaptive refinement. Adjoint-based …

Laminated piezocomposite energy harvesters (LAPEHs) are multilayer arrangements of
piezoelectric and nonpiezoelectric materials. Multiple materials and physics, and dynamic …

Laminated piezocomposite actuators (LAPA) are structures composed of piezoelectric and
non-piezoelectric materials layers. Due to several parameters and the multiphysics domain …

We propose an efficient adjoint-variable approach to the sensitivity analysis of S-parameters
obtained from full-wave electromagnetic (EM) time-domain simulations. It allows the …

We propose an effective approach for optimal wideband cloaking of objects with arbitrary
shapes exploiting adjoint sensitivity analysis. Our method optimizes the voxel-by-voxel …

We present an application of adjoint analysis for efficient sensitivity analysis and estimation
of quantities of interest in the presence of uncertain model parameters in 3-D finite element …

Recent advancements in materials and metamaterials with strong, time-varying, nonlinear
optical responses have spurred a surge of interest in time-varying photonics. This opens the …

We propose an efficient adjoint variable method (AVM) for estimating wideband second-
order response sensitivities using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) approach. Our …