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The metaplectic transform (MT), also known as the linear canonical transform, is a unitary integral mapping which is widely used in signal processing and can be viewed as a generalization of the Fourier transform. For a given function…
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in finding fast algorithms to compute accurately the linear canonical transform (LCT) of a given function. This is driven by the large number of applications of the LCT in optics and signal…
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…
Linear canonical transforms (LCTs) are of importance in many areas of science and engineering with many applications. Therefore a satisfactory discrete implementation is of considerable interest. Although there are methods that link the…
Ray optics is an intuitive and computationally efficient model for wave propagation through nonuniform media. However, the underlying geometrical-optics (GO) approximation of ray optics breaks down at caustics, erroneously predicting the…
In this paper, we achieve three primary objectives related to the rigorous computational analysis of nonlinear PDEs posed on complex geometries such as disks and cylinders. First, we introduce a validated Matrix Multiplication Transform…
Any lossless transformation on $n_{s}$ spatial and $n_{p}$ internal modes of light can be described by an $n_{s}n_{p}\times n_{s}n_{p}$ unitary matrix, but there is no known procedure to effect an arbitrary $n_{s}n_{p}\times n_{s}n_{p}$…
The free metaplectic transformation (FMT) has gained much popularity in recent times because of its various application in signal processing, paraxial optical systems, digital algorithms, optical encryption and so on. However, the FMT is…
Spatial transformations of light are ubiquitous in optics, with examples ranging from simple imaging with a lens to quantum and classical information processing in waveguide meshes. Multi-plane light converter (MPLC) systems have emerged as…
Discrete transforms such as the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) or the discrete Hartley transform (DHT) furnish an indispensable tool in signal processing. The successful application of transform techniques relies on the existence of the…
Quantum speed-ups for dynamical simulation usually demand unitary time-evolution, whereas the large ODE/PDE systems encountered in realistic physical models are generically non-unitary. We present a universal moment-fulfilling dilation that…
The nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) has recently gained significant attention in fiber optic communications and other engineering fields. Although several numerical algorithms for computing the NFT have been published, the design of…
The linear canonical transform (LCT) was extended to complex-valued parameters, called complex LCT, to describe the complex amplitude propagation through lossy or lossless optical systems. Bargmann transform is a special case of the complex…
The problem of diagonalization of Hamiltonians of N-dimensional boson systems by means of time-dependent canonical transformations (CT) is considered, the case of quadratic Hamiltonians being treated in greater detail. The unitary generator…
The distance transform (DT) and its many variations are ubiquitous tools for image processing and analysis. In many imaging scenarios, the images of interest are corrupted by noise. This has a strong negative impact on the accuracy of the…
Approximate methods have been considered as a means to the evaluation of discrete transforms. In this work, we propose and analyze a class of integer transforms for the discrete Fourier, Hartley, and cosine transforms (DFT, DHT, and DCT),…
Linear optical elements are pivotal instruments in the manipulation of classical and quantum states of light. The vast progress in integrated quantum photonic technology enables the implementation of large numbers of such elements on chip…
The linear canonical transform (LCT) serves as a powerful generalization of the Fourier transform (FT), encapsulating various integral transforms within a unified framework. This versatility has made it a cornerstone in fields such as…
We introduce the Normalized Matching Transformer (NMT), a deep learning approach for efficient and accurate sparse semantic keypoint matching between image pairs. NMT consists of a strong visual backbone, geometric feature refinement via…
Continuous time (CT) and discrete time (DT) linear time invariant (LTI) systems are commonly introduced through distinct mathematical formalisms, which can obscure their underlying dynamical equivalence. This tutorial presents a unified…