Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 1, 0113001(2023)

Inverse Design of Optical Couplers with Arbitrary Splitting Ratio Based on Boundary Inverse Optimization Algorithm

Junpeng Liao1, Ye Tian1、*, Zirong Yang1, Zhe Kang2, Ziwei Zheng3, Qinghui Jin1, and Xiaowei Zhang1
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  • 1Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, China
  • 2College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
  • 3Digital Industry Research Institute, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, Zhejiang, China
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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

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    Paper Information

    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)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS221241

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