Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries?
Recent advances in photonic optimization have enabled calculation of performance bounds for a wide range of electromagnetic objectives, albeit restricted to single-material systems. Motivated by growing theoretical interest and fabrication advances, we present a framework to bound the performance of...
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| author | Amaolo Alessio Chao Pengning Maldonado Thomas J. Molesky Sean Rodriguez Alejandro W. |
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| description | Recent advances in photonic optimization have enabled calculation of performance bounds for a wide range of electromagnetic objectives, albeit restricted to single-material systems. Motivated by growing theoretical interest and fabrication advances, we present a framework to bound the performance of photonic heterostructures and apply it to investigate maximum absorption characteristics of multilayer films and compact, free-form multi-material scatterers. Limits predict trends seen in topology-optimized geometries – often coming within factors of two of specific designs – and may be utilized in conjunction with inverse designs to predict when heterostructures are expected to outperform their optimal single-material counterparts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65c64f57f3cc45609ac0db1f14e9e91b2024-03-18T10:28:06ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142024-01-0113328328810.1515/nanoph-2023-0606Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries?Amaolo Alessio0Chao Pengning1Maldonado Thomas J.2Molesky Sean3Rodriguez Alejandro W.4Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544, USADepartment of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544, USADepartment of Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QuébecH3T 1J4, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544, USARecent advances in photonic optimization have enabled calculation of performance bounds for a wide range of electromagnetic objectives, albeit restricted to single-material systems. Motivated by growing theoretical interest and fabrication advances, we present a framework to bound the performance of photonic heterostructures and apply it to investigate maximum absorption characteristics of multilayer films and compact, free-form multi-material scatterers. Limits predict trends seen in topology-optimized geometries – often coming within factors of two of specific designs – and may be utilized in conjunction with inverse designs to predict when heterostructures are expected to outperform their optimal single-material counterparts.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0606photonic boundsheterostructureinverse design |
| spellingShingle | Amaolo Alessio Chao Pengning Maldonado Thomas J. Molesky Sean Rodriguez Alejandro W. Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries? Nanophotonics photonic bounds heterostructure inverse design |
| title | Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries? |
| title_full | Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries? |
| title_fullStr | Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries? |
| title_short | Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries? |
| title_sort | can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single material geometries |
| topic | photonic bounds heterostructure inverse design |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0606 |
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