MetaNet: A new paradigm for data sharing in photonics research

Optimization methods are playing an increasingly important role in all facets of photonics engineering, from integrated photonics to free space diffractive optics. However, efforts in the photonics community to develop optimization algorithms remain uncoordinated, which has hindered proper benchmark...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Jiang, Jiaqi, Lupoiu, Robert, Wang, Evan W, Sell, David, Hugonin, Jean Paul, Lalanne, Philippe, Fan, Jonathan A
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 08.02.2020
Subjects
Algorithms
Data retrieval
Diffractive optics
Optimization
Photonics
Physics - Applied Physics
Physics - Optics
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Topology optimization
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Summary:Optimization methods are playing an increasingly important role in all facets of photonics engineering, from integrated photonics to free space diffractive optics. However, efforts in the photonics community to develop optimization algorithms remain uncoordinated, which has hindered proper benchmarking of design approaches and access to device designs based on optimization. We introduce MetaNet, an online database of photonic devices and design codes intended to promote coordination and collaboration within the photonics community. Using metagratings as a model system, we have uploaded over one hundred thousand device layouts to the database, as well as source code for implementations of local and global topology optimization methods. Further analyses of these large datasets allow the distribution of optimized devices to be visualized for a given optimization method. We expect that the coordinated research efforts enabled by MetaNet will expedite algorithm development for photonics design.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2002.03050