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Robert F H Hunter1, Gavin P Forcade2, Yuri Grinberg3
1SUNLAB, Nexus for Quantum Technologies Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rhunt013@uottawa.ca.
Machine learning, particularly principal component analysis, significantly accelerates optoelectronic device design. This approach yields over twenty times more optimal designs with reduced computational cost and enhanced understanding of optical phenomena.
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Area of Science:
- Optoelectronics
- Materials Science
- Computational Physics
Background:
- Machine learning (ML) is transforming scientific disciplines, including optoelectronic device design.
- Classical optimization methods can be computationally intensive and may not fully capture complex design spaces.
- Developing efficient photonic power converters requires sophisticated design and optimization strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare classical versus ML-enhanced methodologies for optoelectronic device design optimization.
- To investigate the application of dimensionality reduction via principal component analysis (PCA) in this context.
- To evaluate the impact on design discovery, optimization efficiency, and understanding of optical phenomena.
Main Methods:
- Simulated the design of ten-junction InP lattice-matched photonic power converters.
- Employed principal component analysis (PCA) for dimensionality reduction of design parameters.
- Compared PCA-enhanced optimization with a classical optimization method.
Main Results:
- PCA-based dimensionality reduction accelerated design discovery and optimization.
- The ML approach yielded over twenty times more optimal designs with greater variability.
- A 15% reduction in computational cost was achieved compared to classical methods.
Conclusions:
- Dimensionality reduction using PCA offers significant advantages in optoelectronic device design.
- This method enhances optimization speed, design diversity, and provides intuitive interpretation of optical phenomena.
- The approach is generalizable, promising knowledge discovery and reduced computational expense in numerical modeling.