A POD-DeepONet Framework for Forward and Inverse Design of 2D Photonic Crystals

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Main Authors: Wang, Yueqi, Li, Guanglian, Lin, Guang
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author Wang, Yueqi
Li, Guanglian
Lin, Guang
author_facet Wang, Yueqi
Li, Guanglian
Lin, Guang
contents We develop a reduced-order operator-learning framework for forward and inverse band-structure design of two-dimensional photonic crystals with binary, pixel-based $p4m$-symmetric unit cells. We construct a POD--DeepONet surrogate for the discrete band map along the standard high-symmetry path by coupling a POD trunk extracted from high-fidelity finite-element band snapshots with a neural branch network that predicts reduced coefficients. This architecture yields a compact and differentiable forward model that is tailored to the underlying Bloch eigenvalue discretization. We establish continuity of the discrete band map on the relaxed design space and prove a uniform approximation property of the POD--DeepONet surrogate, leading to a natural decomposition of the total surrogate error into POD truncation and network approximation contributions. Building on this forward surrogate, we formulate two end-to-end neural inverse design procedures, namely dispersion-to-structure and band-gap inverse design, with training objectives that combine data misfit, binarity promotion, and supervised regularization to address the intrinsic non-uniqueness of the inverse mapping and to enable stable gradient-based optimization in the relaxed space. Our numerical results show that the proposed framework achieves accurate forward predictions and produces effective inverse designs on practical high-contrast, pixel-based photonic layouts.
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spellingShingle A POD-DeepONet Framework for Forward and Inverse Design of 2D Photonic Crystals
Wang, Yueqi
Li, Guanglian
Lin, Guang
Optics
Numerical Analysis
We develop a reduced-order operator-learning framework for forward and inverse band-structure design of two-dimensional photonic crystals with binary, pixel-based $p4m$-symmetric unit cells. We construct a POD--DeepONet surrogate for the discrete band map along the standard high-symmetry path by coupling a POD trunk extracted from high-fidelity finite-element band snapshots with a neural branch network that predicts reduced coefficients. This architecture yields a compact and differentiable forward model that is tailored to the underlying Bloch eigenvalue discretization. We establish continuity of the discrete band map on the relaxed design space and prove a uniform approximation property of the POD--DeepONet surrogate, leading to a natural decomposition of the total surrogate error into POD truncation and network approximation contributions. Building on this forward surrogate, we formulate two end-to-end neural inverse design procedures, namely dispersion-to-structure and band-gap inverse design, with training objectives that combine data misfit, binarity promotion, and supervised regularization to address the intrinsic non-uniqueness of the inverse mapping and to enable stable gradient-based optimization in the relaxed space. Our numerical results show that the proposed framework achieves accurate forward predictions and produces effective inverse designs on practical high-contrast, pixel-based photonic layouts.
title A POD-DeepONet Framework for Forward and Inverse Design of 2D Photonic Crystals
topic Optics
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00199