Free-form optimization of nanophotonic devices: from classical methods to deep learning

J Park, S Kim, DW Nam, H Chung, CY Park… - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Nanophotonic devices have enabled microscopic control of light with an unprecedented
spatial resolution by employing subwavelength optical elements that can strongly interact …

Structural optimization of a one-dimensional freeform metagrating deflector via deep reinforcement learning

D Seo, DW Nam, J Park, CY Park, MS Jang - Acs Photonics, 2021 - ACS Publications
The increasing demand on a versatile high-performance metasurface requires a freeform
design method that can handle a huge design space, which is many orders of magnitude …

Towards subwavelength pixels: nanophotonic color routers for ultra-compact high-efficiency CMOS image sensors

C Park, S Lee, T Lee, J Kang, J Jeon, C Park… - Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The proliferation of smartphones and the widespread use of camera modules necessitate
complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors with high pixel density …

Sample-efficient inverse design of freeform nanophotonic devices with physics-informed reinforcement learning

C Park, S Kim, AW Jung, J Park, D Seo, Y Kim… - …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Finding an optimal device structure in the vast combinatorial design space of freeform
nanophotonic design has been an enormous challenge. In this study, we propose physics …

[HTML][HTML] Adjoint method in machine learning: a pathway to efficient inverse design of photonic devices

C Kang, D Seo, SV Boriskina, H Chung - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Innovative machine learning techniques have facilitated the inverse design of photonic
structures for numerous practical applications. Nevertheless, the quantity of data and the …

Design parameters of free-form color splitters for subwavelength pixelated image sensors

S Kim, C Park, S Kim, H Chung, MS Jang - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Metasurface-based color splitters are emerging as next-generation optical components for
image sensors, replacing classical color filters and microlens arrays. In this work, we report …

Analytic approach to study a hybrid plasmonic waveguide-fed and numerically design a nano-antenna based on the new director

M Khodadadi, N Nozhat, SMM Moshiri - Optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a wideband InP-based hybrid plasmonic nano-antenna (HPNA) operating at
telecommunication wavelengths has been proposed. Monolithically integrating InP-based …

An efficient neural optimizer for resonant nanostructures: Demonstration of highly-saturated red silicon structural color

R Lin, V Valuckas, TTH Do, A Nemati… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Freeform nanostructures have the potential to support complex resonances and their
interactions, which are crucial for achieving desired spectral responses. However, the …

Physics-informed reinforcement learning for sample-efficient optimization of freeform nanophotonic devices

C Park, S Kim, AW Jung, J Park, D Seo, Y Kim… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In the field of optics, precise control of light with arbitrary spatial resolution has long been a
sought-after goal. Freeform nanophotonic devices are critical building blocks for achieving …

High-efficiency unidirectional vertical emitter achieved by an aperture-coupling nanoslot antenna array

G Zhou, SW Qu, J Wu, S Yang - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Coupling light from in-plane guided light into free space or optical fibers is crucial for many
photonic integrated circuits and vice versa. However, traditional grating couplers or …