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Realization of all-optical higher-order spatial differentiators based on cascaded operations

Optics 2022-11-23 v1

Abstract

Cascaded operations play an important role in traditional electronic computing systems for the realization of advanced strategies. Here, we introduce the idea of cascaded operations into all-optical spatial analog computing. The single function of the firstorder operation is difficult to meet the requirements of practical applications in image recognition. The all-optical second-order spatial differentiators are implemented by cascading two first-order differential operation units, and the image edge detection of amplitude and phase objects are demonstrated. Our scheme provides a possible pathway towards the development of compact multifunctional differentiators and advanced optical analog computing networks.

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@article{arxiv.2208.05185,
  title  = {Realization of all-optical higher-order spatial differentiators based on cascaded operations},
  author = {Yichang Shou and Yan Wang and Lili Miao and Shizhen Chen and Hailu Luo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.05185},
  year   = {2022}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures

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