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Photonic computing has emerged as a promising platform for accelerating computational tasks with high degrees of parallelism, such as image processing and neural network. We present meta-DFT (discrete Fourier transform), a single layer…

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Meta-optics has achieved major breakthroughs in the past decade; however, conventional forward design faces challenges as functionality complexity and device size scale up. Inverse design aims at optimizing meta-optics design but has been…

Spatial computing is a technological advancement that facilitates the seamless integration of devices into the physical environment, resulting in a more natural and intuitive digital world user experience. Spatial computing has the…

The next generation of smart imaging and vision systems will require compact and tunable optical computing hardware to perform high-speed and low-power image processing. These requirements are driving the development of computing…

We present a polarization-insensitive metasurface processor to perform spatial asymmetric filtering of an incident optical beam, thereby allowing for real-time parallel optical processing. To enable massive parallel processing, we introduce…

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Optical metasurfaces performing analog image processing - such as spatial differentiation and edge detection - hold the potential to reduce processing times and power consumption, while avoiding bulky 4F lens systems. However, current…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-08 Michele Cotrufo , Akshaj Arora , Sahitya Singh , Andrea Alù

Many developments in science and engineering depend on tackling complex optimizations on large scales. The challenge motivates intense search for specific computing hardware that takes advantage from quantum features, nonlinear dynamics, or…

Analog computation with passive optical components can enhance processing speeds and reduce power consumption, recently attracting renewed interest thanks to the opportunities enabled by metasurfaces. Basic image processing tasks, such as…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-15 Sedigheh Esfahani , Michele Cotrufo , Andrea Alù

Research in photonic computing has flourished due to the proliferation of optoelectronic components on photonic integration platforms. Photonic integrated circuits have enabled ultrafast artificial neural networks, providing a framework for…

The ability to perform mathematical computations using metastructures is an emergent paradigm that carries the potential of wave-based analog computing to the realm of near-speed-of-light, low-loss, compact devices. We theoretically…

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Image processing and edge detection are at the core of several newly emerging technologies, such as augmented reality, autonomous driving and more generally object recognition. Image processing is typically performed digitally using…

Higher spatial resolution and larger imaging scene are always the goals pursued by advanced space-borne SAR system.High resolution and wide swath SAR imaging can provide more information about the illuminated scene of interest on one…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-27 Xinhua Mao

The next generations of wireless networks are envisioned to integrate communications, sensing, and computing into a unified platform, demanding ultra-high data rates, submillisecond latency, and unprecedented energy efficiency. However,…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved into a critical technology; however, electrical hardware struggles to keep pace with the exponential growth of AI models. Free space optical hardware provides alternative approaches for…

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Realizing a large-scale quantum computer requires hardware platforms that can simultaneously achieve universality, scalability, and fault tolerance. As a viable pathway to meeting these requirements, quantum computation based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Kosuke Fukui , Shuntaro Takeda

Data center networks are experiencing unprecedented exponential growth, mostly driven by the continuous computing demands in machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms. Within this realm, optical networking offers numerous…

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The rapidly increasing demands for computational throughput, bandwidth, and memory capacity fueled by breakthroughs in machine learning pose substantial challenges for conventional electronic computing platforms. For digital scaling to keep…

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With the significant advancements in optical computing platforms recently capable of performing various primitive operations, a seamless integration of optical computing into very fabric of optical communication links is envisioned, paving…

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