Optimizing nanophotonic cavity designs with the gravitational search algorithm

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 20831-20836

  Saucer, Timothy W ^a   Sih, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY DESIGN; GRAVITATIONAL SEARCH ALGORITHMS; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; MODE VOLUME RATIO; PARAMETER SPACES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; QUALITY FACTORS; SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84884568079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.020831     Document Type: Article

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