Mode converter synthesis by the Particle Swarm Optimization

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an effective, simple and promising method intended for the fast search in multi-dimensional space [1]. Besides special testing problems a number of engineering tasks of electrodynamics were solved by the PSO successfully [2,3]. On the other hand, the scattering matrix technique is a fast and accurate method of mode converter analysis. We illustrate PSO by a number of converter designs intended for high-power microwaves control: a matching horn for maser section, a design of built-in converter for multi-charged ion source, a TE01 miter bend.