• DocumentCode
    444334
  • Title

    Strong light confinement in novel compact pseudo-random structures designed via evolutionary algorithms

  • Author

    Robinson, Jacob T. ; Lipson, Michal ; Lipson, Hod

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    966
  • Abstract
    High optical confinement of 1.55 μn light is shown in a 5 μm sized high-index-contrast pseudo-random distribution of dielectric rods. This structure, designed using Evolutionary Algorithms, utilizes Anderson Localization to achieve confinement.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; evolutionary computation; optical materials; random sequences; 1.55 micron; 5 micron; Anderson localization; dielectric rods; evolutionary algorithm; high optical confinement; novel compact pseudo-random structure; pseudo-random distribution; Algorithm design and analysis; Dielectrics; Evolutionary computation; Finite difference methods; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Random media; Resonance light scattering; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548998
  • Filename
    1548998