Networks of local minima in optical system optimization
Optics Letters, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 189-191 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.000189
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Abstract
We discuss a surprising new feature of the merit function landscape in optical system design. When certain conditions are satisfied, the local minima form a network in which all nodes are connected. Each link between two neighboring minima contains a saddle point with a Morse index of 1. For a simple global optimization search (the symmetric Cooke triplet), the network of the corresponding set of local minima is presented.
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OCIS Codes
(080.2720) Geometric optics : Mathematical methods (general)
(220.2740) Optical design and fabrication : Geometric optical design
Citation
Florian Bociort, Eco van Driel, and Alexander Serebriakov, "Networks of local minima in optical system optimization," Opt. Lett. 29, 189-191 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-29-2-189
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