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ARTICLE SUMMARY / 2026

Efficient First-Principles Inverse Design of Nanolasers

B. Martinez de Aguirre Jokisch, A. Cerjan, R. E. Christiansen, J. Mørk, O. Sigmund & S. G. Johnson

Laser & Photonics Reviews · 20, e01614 · online 23 March

Summary

Can nanolaser optimization include useful output, gain and threshold effects?

Combines SALT, high-Q perturbation theory and coupled-mode theory into a reciprocal-solve objective.

Demonstrates 2D and 3D optimization including spatial hole-burning corrections and gain diffusion.

Commentary

The simplification assumes a suitable high-Q, predominantly single-mode regime; it is not general transient spin-laser optimization.

Makes explicit why maximizing passive Q and maximizing useful laser output are different objectives.

Interpretation and connections in this note, separate from the authors’ reported findings.

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