DocumentCode
1770898
Title
Design-specific global optimization of a variety of photonic crystal cavities
Author
Minkov, M. ; Savona, Vincenzo
Author_Institution
Inst. of Theor. Phys., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We combine the fast guided-mode expansion with a genetic algorithm to perform a global optimization of several widely used photonic crystal cavity designs. The procedure consistently improves their quality factor by more than one order of magnitude, and is in addition highly customizable.
Keywords
Q-factor; genetic algorithms; optical design techniques; optimisation; photonic crystals; design-specific global optimization; fast guided-mode expansion; genetic algorithm; global optimization; photonic crystal cavities; quality factor; Cavity resonators; Nanobioscience; Optimization; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Q-factor; Slabs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989156
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