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Linear transformations are cornerstone operations utilized in modern computing, but are computationally expensive on current electronic platforms. Optical computing has been positioned as a new computing solution, promising high speed and…

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All-optical image processing offers a high-speed, energy-efficient alternative to conventional electronic systems by leveraging the wave nature of light for parallel computation. However, traditional optical processors rely on bulky…

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Always-on AI applications, from environmental sensors to biomedical implants, require ultra-low power consumption. Analog circuits offer a path to sub-microwatt inference, yet existing analog implementations are limited to feedforward…

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Parameter regulations of narrow-linewidth fiber lasers in frequency domain has drawn considerable interests for widespread applications in the light quantum computing, precise coherent detection, and generation of micro-waves. All-optical…

Optics · Physics 2017-12-13 Yujia Li , Tao Zhu , Shihong Huang , Lei Gao , Tianyi Lan , Yulong Cao

Future quantum optical networks will require the ability to route entangled photons at high speeds, with minimal loss and added in-band noise, and---most importantly---without disturbing the photons' quantum state. Here we present an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Matthew A. Hall , Joseph B. Altepeter , Prem Kumar

Transient fully reconfigurable photonic circuits can be introduced at the optical fiber surface with subangstrom precision. A building block of these circuits, a 0.7 angstrom-precise nano-bottle resonator, is experimentally created by local…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-09 A. Dmitriev , N. Toropov , M. Sumetsky

The non-Abelian geometric phase possesses the capability of enabling robust and fault-resilient unitary transformations, making it a cornerstone of holonomic quantum computation. This "all-geometric" approach has successfully advanced the…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-08 Youlve Chen , Jiaxin Zhang , Jinlong Xiang , An He , Junying Li , Yikai Su , Xuhan Guo

Optical neural networks are at the forefront of computational innovation, utilizing photons as the primary carriers of information and employing optical components for computation. However, the fundamental nonlinear optical device in the…

Optical computing chips have emerged as a transformative computing technology due to their high computational density, low energy consumption, and compact footprint. While real- and complex-valued computing chips have been well developed,…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-06 Songyue Liu , Qi Lu , Yuan Zhong , Yuru Li , Meng Xiang , Zhaohui Li , Chao Lu , Yikai Su , Lu Sun

The development of efficient integrated photonic circuits is fundamental for ongoing research in information processing and computer science. The greatest challenge in strong light-matter regime facing photonic systems is achieving strong…

Optical computing systems provide an alternate hardware model which appears to be aligned with the demands of neural network workloads. However, the challenge of implementing energy efficient nonlinearities in optics -- a key requirement…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-04 N. Richardson , C. Bosch , R. P. Adams

All-optical signal processing is envisioned as an approach to dramatically decrease power consumption and speed up performance of next-generation optical telecommunications networks. Nonlinear optical effects, such as four-wave mixing (FWM)…

Optical computing systems deliver unrivalled processing speeds for scalar operations. Yet, integrated implementations have been constrained to low-dimensional tensor operations that fall short of the vector dimensions required for modern…

Coherent optics has profoundly impacted diverse applications ranging from communications, LiDAR to quantum computations. However, building coherent systems in integrated photonics previously came at great expense in hardware integration and…

We propose an ultrahigh-efficiency, broadband and multi-channel all-optical switching scheme based on broadband coherent perfect absorption (CPA) in a linear and nonlinear regimes in a cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED) system. Two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 Liyong Wang , Yinxue Zhao , Jiajia Du

The whole circuit is obtained from the sun through a molecule called "Rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin". These molecules have the capability of trapping and storing energy from the sun light. These molecules are placed on the outer surface…

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Noncontact Brillouin spectroscopy is a purely optical and label-free method to retrieve fundamental material viscoelastic properties. Recently, the extension to a three-dimensional imaging modality has paved the way to novel exciting…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-24 Giuseppe Antonacci , Kareem Elsayad , Dario Polli

Integrating conventional optics into compact nanostructured surfaces is the goal of flat optics. Despite the enormous progress of this technology, there are still critical challenges for real world applications due to a limited efficiency…

A range of unique capabilities in optical and microwave signal processing have been demonstrated using stimulated Brillouin scattering. The desire to harness Brillouin scattering in mass manufacturable integrated circuits has led to a focus…

All-optical modulation yields the promise of high-speed information processing. In this frame, metasurfaces are rapidly gaining traction as ultrathin multifunctional platforms for light management. Among the featured functionalities, they…