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Inverse Design

Optimization-driven approaches to designing physical systems.

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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.

Tyler Hughes
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.

Tyler Hughes