Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 1, 0113001(2023)
Inverse Design of Optical Couplers with Arbitrary Splitting Ratio Based on Boundary Inverse Optimization Algorithm
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Junpeng Liao, Ye Tian, Zirong Yang, Zhe Kang, Ziwei Zheng, Qinghui Jin, Xiaowei Zhang. Inverse Design of Optical Couplers with Arbitrary Splitting Ratio Based on Boundary Inverse Optimization Algorithm[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(1): 0113001
Category: Integrated Optics
Received: Jun. 2, 2022
Accepted: Jul. 4, 2022
Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023
The Author Email: Tian Ye (tianye@nbu.edu.cn)