• DocumentCode
    448288
  • Title

    Using evolutionary algorithms for designing photonic crystals

  • Author

    Preble, Stefan ; Lipson, Hod ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1485
  • Abstract
    We used evolutionary algorithms to systematically search for photonic crystals with large bandgaps. Starting from randomly generated photonic crystals with no bandgaps, the algorithm yielded photonic crystals 12.5% better than the best published human design.
  • Keywords
    evolutionary computation; optical design techniques; optical materials; photonic crystals; bandgaps; evolutionary algorithms; photonic crystals; Algorithm design and analysis; Evolutionary computation; Frequency; Humans; Integrated optics; Lattices; Optical computing; Personal communication networks; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202167
  • Filename
    1573233