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ARTICLE SUMMARY / 2022

Trace formulation for photonic inverse design with incoherent sources

W. Yao, F. Verdugo, R. E. Christiansen & S. G. Johnson

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization · 65, 336

Summary

Can incoherent emission be optimized without an independent solve for every source?

Expresses emission as a trace and exploits low-rank structure.

Extends few-channel reciprocity approaches to objectives involving a continuum of directions.

Commentary

Efficiency depends on the rank needed to represent the particular source and measurement problem.

Shares the use of source correlations with coherence methods, but targets optimization of emitted power.

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

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