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A multi-agentic framework for real-time, autonomous freeform metasurface design.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Near-Field Topology-Optimized Superchiral Metasurfaces for Enhanced Chiral Sensing.Nano letters · 2026Article
- Advances in Metamaterials: Structure, Properties and Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Silica Meta-Optics: When High Performance Does Not Need a High Index.Nano letters · 2025Article
- MCP-enabled LLM for meta-optics inverse design: leveraging differentiable solver without LLM expertise.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- Chat to chip: large language model based design of arbitrarily shaped metasurfaces.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- A multi-agentic framework for real-time, autonomous freeform metasurface design.Science advances · 2025Article
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Abstract
Innovation in nanophotonics currently relies on human experts who synergize specialized knowledge in photonics and coding with simulation and optimization algorithms, entailing design cycles that are time-consuming, computationally demanding, and frequently suboptimal. We introduce MetaChat, a multi-agentic design framework that can translate semantically described photonic design goals into high-performance, freeform device layouts in an automated, nearly real-time manner. Multistep reasoning is enabled by our Agentic Iterative Monologue paradigm, which coherently interfaces agents with code-based tools, other specialized agents, and human designers. Design acceleration is facilitated by Feature-wise Linear Modulation-conditioned Maxwell surrogate solvers that support the generalized evaluation of metasurface structures. We use freeform dielectric metasurfaces as a model system and demonstrate with MetaChat the design of multiobjective, multiwavelength metasurfaces orders of magnitude faster than conventional methods. These concepts present a scientific computing blueprint for using specialist design agents, surrogate solvers, and human interactions to drive multiphysics innovation and discovery.
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