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ArticleNature communications2026

Inverse-designed silicon nitride nanophotonics.

Toby Bi, Shuangyou Zhang, Egemen Bostan, Danxian Liu, Aditya Paul, Olga Ohletz, Irina Harder, Yaojing Zhang, Alekhya Ghosh, Abdullah Alabbadi and 5 more

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15 authors.

Toby Bi *Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5670-6115
Shuangyou Zhang *Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
Egemen BostanJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7894-7093
Danxian LiuJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Aditya PaulJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-4077
Olga OhletzMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
Irina HarderMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
Yaojing ZhangSchool of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-0188
Alekhya GhoshMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
Abdullah AlabbadiMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5116-9047
Masoud KheyriMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
Tianyi ZengJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9341-1963
Jesse LuSPINS Photonics Inc, San Jose, CA, USA.
Kiyoul YangJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. kiyoul@seas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-3201
Pascal Del'HayeMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany. pascal.delhaye@mpl.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6517-6942

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 541267874EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 756966
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Abstract

Silicon nitride photonics has enabled integration of a variety of components for applications in linear and nonlinear optics, including telecommunications, optical clocks, astrocombs, bio-sensing, and LiDAR. With the advent of inverse design - where desired device performance is specified and closely achieved through iterative, gradient-based optimisation - and the increasing availability of silicon nitride photonics via foundries, it is now feasible to expand the photonic design library beyond the limits of traditional approaches and unlock new functionalities. In this work, we present inverse-designed photonics on a silicon nitride platform and demonstrate both the design capabilities and experimental verification by realising precisely tailored wavelength-division multiplexers, mode-division multiplexers, and high-Q resonators with controllable wavelength range and dispersion. This demonstrates inverse-designed enhanced manipulation of orthogonal bases of light. Furthermore, we use these inverse-designed structures to form optical cavities that hold promise for on-chip nonlinear and quantum optics experiments.

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PMID42209483
PMCPMC13389240

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