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Systems and methods for designing optical devices having mode selective facets

US11011884B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2019
Grant dateMay 18, 2021
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S2301/16
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods for designing a mode-selective optical device including one or more optical interfaces defining an optical cavity include: defining a loss function within a simulation space encompassing the optical device, the loss function corresponding to an electromagnetic field having an operative wavelength within the optical device resulting from an interaction between an input electromagnetic field at the operative wavelength and the one or more optical interfaces of the optical device; defining an initial structure for each of the one or more optical interfaces, each initial structure being defined using a plurality of voxels; determining values for at least one structural parameter and/or at least one functional parameter of the one or more optical interfaces by solving Maxwell's equations; and defining a final structure of the one or more optical interfaces based on the values for the one or more structural and/or functional parameters.

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