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by GloamingNiblets 363 days ago
Very neat, this reminds me of the organic shapes of passive demultiplexers in photonics such as https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00987
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That is a very wild shape indeed. I wonder if there is some analytical way to derive these or if some type of search algorithm will remain the best way.
Given the elegance of the wave equation, I like to imagine there are solutions with some sort of symmetry and structure. We are unfortunately missing the tools and knowledge to find these solutions today!
Thats crazy ! Thanks for sharing