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Tyler Hughes
Works on photonics, simulation software, and product direction, and writes practical explanations of computational methods.
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Essay
Can AI Agents Autonomously Design Components on Photonic Chips?
We gave AI agents a photonic simulator, a DRC engine, and four design challenges. They autonomously designed waveguide bends, crossings, splitters, and demultiplexers — some reaching near-perfect performance.
Tutorial
Designing a Photonic Chip Component with ~45 Lines of Python
A compact introduction to photonic inverse design with Tidy3D, using a pre-built simulation and a ~45-line optimization loop.