Affiliation:
1. Technical University of Denmark
2. Stanford University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4. Yale University
5. Google
6. X the moonshot factory
7. Meta
Abstract
In this work, we present a reproducible suite of test problems for large-scale optimization (“inverse design” and “topology optimization”) in photonics, where the prevalence of irregular, non-intuitive geometries can otherwise make it challenging to be confident that new algorithms and software are functioning as claimed. We include test problems that exercise a wide array of physical and mathematical features—far-field metalenses, 2d and 3d mode converters, resonant emission and focusing, and dispersion/eigenvalue engineering—and introduce an a posteriori lengthscale metric for comparing designs produced by disparate algorithms. For each problem, we incorporate cross-checks against multiple independent software packages and algorithms, and reproducible designs and their validations scripts are included. We believe that this suite should make it much easier to develop, validate, and gain trust in future inverse-design approaches and software.
Funder
X, The Moonshot Factory
Simons Foundation
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Thomas B. Thriges Foundation
National Science Foundation
Army Research Office
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics