Title :
Spontaneous emergence of periodic patterns in an evolutionary simulation of photonic structures
Author :
Gondarenko, Alexander ; Preble, Stefan ; Robinson, Jacob ; Chen, Long ; Lipson, Hod ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We simulate an evolutionary process for designing a novel high confinement photonic structure, starting with random patterns. We show an emergence of periodicity and the formation of a novel low modal volume resonator.
Keywords :
evolutionary computation; optical resonators; photonic crystals; evolutionary simulation; low modal volume resonator; periodic patterns; periodicity; photonic structures; random patterns; spontaneous emergence; Crystallization; Finite difference methods; Genetic mutations; Geometry; Jacobian matrices; Optical control; Optical propagation; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628461
