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We report on the application of various optimization methods as a very promising simulation approach for the design of true integrated optical devices by means of inverse design. We show that these techniques provide a global optimum toward one or various functional objectives at a reasonable computational cost. The results obtained by these methods are far better than intuitive design procedures and clearly outperform trial-and-error based models. We illustrate their performance by using a series of inverse-designed practical photonic devices.
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We would like to thank the Basque Government for financial support under the SAIOTEK 2012 (ref. S-PE12UN043) programme. One of us, I.A., wants to thank the Vicerrectorado de Euskara y Plurilinguismo de la UPV/EHU for financial support under the Ph.D. Fellowships 2011 programme.
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Andonegui, I., Calvo, I. & Garcia-Adeva, A.J. Inverse design and topology optimization of novel photonic crystal broadband passive devices for photonic integrated circuits. Appl. Phys. A 115, 433–438 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-8032-5
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