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5 papers

physics.optics2026

A Differentiable Ray-Wave Framework for Hybrid Refractive-Diffractive System Modeling and Optimization

Jiazhou Cheng, Margaret Gao, Yixuan Shao +3

Hybrid optical systems combining refractive and diffractive optical responses have the potential to support new types of optical behavior, but they are difficult to model and optim…

physics.comp-ph2025

Accurate and scalable deep Maxwell solvers using multilevel iterative methods

Chenkai Mao, Jonathan A. Fan

Neural networks have promise as surrogate partial differential equation (PDE) solvers, but it remains a challenge to use these concepts to solve problems with high accuracy and sca…

physics.optics2025

Near-field optical mode engineering-enabled freeform nonlocal metasurfaces

Zhongjun Jiang, Tianxiang Dai, Shuwei Guo +6

Nanophotonic technologies inherently rely on tailoring light-matter interactions through the excitation and interference of deeply confined optical resonances. However, existing co…

physics.optics2025

Shaping freeform nanophotonic devices with geometric neural parameterization

Tianxiang Dai, Yixuan Shao, Chenkai Mao +4

Nanophotonic freeform design has the potential to push the performance of optical components to new limits, but there remains a challenge to effectively perform optimization while…

physics.app-ph2025

A multi-agentic framework for real-time, autonomous freeform metasurface design

Robert Lupoiu, Yixuan Shao, Tianxiang Dai +3

Innovation in nanophotonics currently relies on human experts who synergize specialized knowledge in photonics and coding with simulation and optimization algorithms, entailing des…