Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Abdallah Maghrabi <br/><br/>
Optimal design of photonic crystal structures /  
 التصميم الأمثل لهياكل البلورات الضوئية 
Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Abdallah Maghrabi ; Supervised Abdelkarim S. O. Hassan , Nadia H. Rafat , Ahmed S. A. Mohamed 
 - Cairo :   Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Abdallah Maghrabi ,   2014 
 - 127 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Mathematics and Physics 
<br/><br/> This thesis proposes two novel optimization approaches for achieving the optimal design of 1D photonic crystals. The rst approach is based on minimax criterion where nominal values of designable parameters are varied to best satisfy design specications. The second approach is based on design centering criterion, in which the objective is to maximize the probability of satisfying design specications. Two practical examples are given to demonstrate exibility and eciency of the approaches 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Minimax optimization  Optimal system design  Simulated-driven optimization