Efficient First‐Principles Inverse Design of Nanolasers
ABSTRACT We develop and demonstrate a first‐principles approach, based on the nonlinear Maxwell–Bloch equations and steady‐state ab‐initio laser theory (SALT), for inverse design of nanostructured lasers, incorporating spatial hole‐burning corrections, threshold effects, out‐coupling efficiency, and gain diffusion. The resulting figure of merit exploits the high‐ regime of optimized laser cavities to perturbatively simplify the nonlinear model to a single linear “reciprocal” Maxwell solve. The consequences for laser‐cavity design, and in particular the strong dependence on the nature of the gain region, are demonstrated using topology optimization of both 2d and full 3d geometries.
Authors
- Ole Sigmund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-7249)
- Jesper Mørk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-661X)
- Alexander Cerjan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-7300)
- Rasmus E. Christiansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-9062)
- Steven G. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967)
- Beñat Martinez de Aguirre Jokisch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2725-6288)
Institutions
- NeoPhotonics (United States) (US)
- Sandia National Laboratories (US)
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laser & Photonics Review
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202501614
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 21.28
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
- Sandia National Laboratories