Processing in memory (PIM) has received significant attention due to its high efficiency, low latency, and parallelism. In optical computation, coherent memory is a crucial infrastructure for PIM frameworks. This study presents an all-optical convolution experiment conducted within computational storage based on a cold atomic ensemble. By exploiting the light-atom phase transfer facilitated by the electromagnetically induced transparency, we demonstrated spiral phase contrast processing of photon images in memory, resulting in the edge enhancement of retrieved images recorded using time-correlated photon imaging. In particular, adopting state-of-the-art atomic techniques provides a coherent memory lifetime exceeding 320 us for PIM operations. Our results highlight the significant potential of cold atomic ensembles as computational storage for developing all-optical PIM systems.
@article{arxiv.2506.14716,
title = {All-optical convolution utilizing processing in memory based on a cold atomic ensemble},
author = {Ying-Hao Ye and Jia-Qi Jiang and En-Ze Li and Wei Zhang and Da-Chuang Li and Zhi-Han Zhu and Dong-Sheng Ding and Bao-Sen Shi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.14716},
year = {2025}
}