Authors:
E. Nefzaoui
;
J. Drevillon
and
K. Joulain
Affiliation:
Institut Pprime and CNRS-Université de Poitiers-ENSMA, France
Keyword(s):
Particle swarm, Genetic algorithm, Optimization, Coherent thermal emission, Nanostructure.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Computational Intelligence
;
Evolutionary Computing
;
Genetic Algorithms
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Soft Computing
;
Swarm/Collective Intelligence
Abstract:
Nanotechnologies and nanofabrication techniques provided unmeasureable possibilities to control intrinsic microscopic features of materials and structures in the last years. In particular, materials optical properties and light propagation control have been some of the most challenging problems due to their various application possiblities. The present investigation shows that temporally coherent thermal sources have been successfully designed and optimized with evolutionary optimization methods such as genetic algorithms and particle swarms. This lead to a bilayer structure of germanium and silicon carbide, which is, to our knowledge, the simplest existing structure with such properties.