Deep Q-Network Variants Compared for Photonic Crystal Laser Design
A research paper available on arXiv (2607.23469) evaluates the standard Deep Q-Network (DQN) alongside six alternative value-based methods aimed at enhancing photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs). This design challenge involves seven variables, utilizing a common goal, a simulator, an 83-call limit, and four aligned initializations. Among the variants, only Dueling DQN demonstrates improvements across all four seeds, elevating the mean quality factor and decreasing wavelength error by 64%. This study explores the effectiveness of various value-learning strategies when faced with stringent simulation budgets.
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- arXiv paper 2607.23469 compares DQN variants for PCSEL design
- Seven-variable PCSEL design with 83-call budget
- Dueling DQN improves all four seeds
- Wavelength error reduced by 64%
- Mean quality factor increased
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- arXiv