Inverse design

See also Complex nanometallic structures.

Multilayer dielectric stacks

M. Gerken, B. E. Nelson, and D. A. B. Miller, “Thin-Film Wavelength Demultiplexer Based on Photonic Crystal and Group Velocity Effects,” Paper IFH2, OSA Conference on Integrated Photonics Research 2002, Vancouver, BC (July 17-19, 2002)

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “Multilayer Thin-Film Structures with High Spatial Dispersion,” Appl. Opt. 42, 1330-1345 (2003)

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “Wavelength demultiplexer using the spatial dispersion of multilayer thin-film structures,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 15, 1097-1099 (2003)

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “Multilayer Thin-Film Stacks With Steplike Spatial Beam Shifting,” J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 612-618 (2004)

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “Limits to the performance of dispersive thin-film stacks,” Appl. Opt. 44, 3349‑3357 (2005)

M. Gerken and D. A. B. Miller, “Limits to the performance of dispersive thin-film stacks,” Appl. Opt. 44, 3349‑3357 (2005)

Photonic-crystal-based structures

Yang Jiao, Shanhui Fan, and D. A. B. Miller, “Demonstration of Systematic Photonic Crystal Device Design and Optimization By Low Rank Adjustments: an Extremely Compact Mode Separator,” Optics Letters 30, 141‑143 (2005) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-30-2-141

Yang Jiao, Shanhui Fan, D. A. B. Miller, “Photonic Crystal Device Sensitivity Analysis with Wannier Basis Gradients,” Optics Letters 30, 302‑304 (2005)

Y. Jiao, S. F. Mingaleev, M. Schillinger, D. A. B. Miller, Shanhui Fan, and K. Busch, “Wannier Basis Design and Optimization of a Photonic Crystal Waveguide Crossing,” IEEE Phot. Technol. Lett. 17, 1875-1877 (2005)

Yang Jiao, Shanhui Fan, and D. A. B. Miller, “Systematic photonic crystal device design: global and local optimization and sensitivity analysis,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 42, 266 – 279 (2006)

V. Liu, Y. Jiao, D. A. B. Miller, and S. Fan, “Design methodology for compact photonic-crystal-based wavelength division multiplexers,” Opt. Lett. 36, 591-593 (2011)

V. Liu, D. A. B. Miller, and S. Fan, “Ultra-compact photonic crystal waveguide spatial mode converter and its connection to the optical diode effect,” Opt. Express 20, 28388-28397 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-27-28388

V. Liu, D. A. B. Miller, and S. H. Fan, “Highly Tailored Computational Electromagnetics Methods for Nanophotonic Design and Discovery,” Proc. IEEE 101, No. 2, 484 – 493 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2012.2207649

Nanometallic structures

T. Tanemura, K. C. Balram, D.-S. Ly-Gagnon, P. Wahl, J. S. White, M. L. Brongersma, and D. A. B. Miller, “Multiple-Wavelength Focusing of Surface Plasmons with a Nonperiodic Nanoslit Coupler,” Nano Lett. 11, 2693–2698 (2011)

P. Wahl, T. Tanemura, N. Vermeulen, J. Van Erps, D. A. B. Miller, and H. Thienpont, “Design of large scale plasmonic nanoslit arrays for arbitrary mode conversion and demultiplexing,” Opt. Express 22, 646-660 (2014)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-22-1-646