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We propose an efficient inverse design approach for multifunctional optical elements based on adaptive deep diffractive neural networks (a-D$^2$NNs). Specifically, we introduce a-D$^2$NNs and design two-layer diffractive devices that can…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-08 Yuyao Chen , Yilin Zhu , Wesley A. Britton , Luca Dal Negro

In the era of cloud computing and data-driven applications, it is crucial to protect sensitive information to maintain data privacy, ensuring truly reliable systems. As a result, preserving privacy in deep learning systems has become a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Fabian Perez , Jhon Lopez , Henry Arguello

The growing demand for real-time data processing in applications such as neural networks and embedded control systems has spurred the search for faster, more efficient alternatives to traditional electronic systems. In response, we…

Photonic neural networks are brain-inspired information processing technology using photons instead of electrons to perform artificial intelligence (AI) tasks. However, existing architectures are designed for a single task but fail to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Zhengyang Duan , Hang Chen , Xing Lin

In optical communications, logical bits are encoded in physical degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) of the electromagnetic field. Consequently, optical scattering in a communications channel compromises the information transfer. In the…

A novel microwave photonic scheme for secure data transmission in optical networks is proposed. The security of the scheme is guaranteed by physical encryption and decryption via the temporal Talbot effect in dispersive mediums. First, the…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-15 Chulun Lin , Taixia Shi , Yiqing Liu , Yang Chen

Multispectral imaging has been used for numerous applications in e.g., environmental monitoring, aerospace, defense, and biomedicine. Here, we present a diffractive optical network-based multispectral imaging system trained using deep…

Optics · Physics 2023-04-07 Deniz Mengu , Anika Tabassum , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

This article presents block-wise image encryption for the vision transformer and its applications. Perceptual image encryption for deep learning enables us not only to protect the visual information of plain images but to also embed unique…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-16 Hitoshi Kiya , Ryota Iijima , Teru Nagamori

Artificial neural networks have revolutionized fields from computer vision to natural language processing, yet their growing energy and computational demands threaten future progress. Optical neural networks promise greater speed,…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-18 Bofeng Liu , Xu Mei , Sadman Shafi , Tunan Xia , Iam-Choon Khoo , Zhiwen Liu , Xingjie Ni

As an optical machine learning framework, Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN) take advantage of data-driven training methods used in deep learning to devise light-matter interaction in 3D for performing a desired statistical inference…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-08 Deniz Mengu , Yifan Zhao , Nezih T. Yardimci , Yair Rivenson , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

By exploiting photo-induced reorientation in azo-polymer thin films, we demonstrate all-optical polarization-encoded information storage with a scanning near-field optical microscope. In the writing routine, 5-level bits are created by…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-04-13 Matteo Savoini , Paolo Biagioni , Lamberto Duo' , Marco Finazzi

The ultimate goal of artificial intelligence is to mimic the human brain to perform decision-making and control directly from high-dimensional sensory input. Diffractive optical networks provide a promising solution for implementing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Jumin Qiu , Shuyuan Xiao , Lujun Huang , Andrey Miroshnichenko , Dejian Zhang , Tingting Liu , Tianbao Yu

Deep feature spaces have the capacity to encode complex transformations of their input data. However, understanding the relative feature-space relationship between two transformed encoded images is difficult. For instance, what is the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-23 Daniel E. Worrall , Stephan J. Garbin , Daniyar Turmukhambetov , Gabriel J. Brostow

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…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-17 Linzhi Yu , Haobijam J. Singh , Jesse Pietila , Humeyra Caglayan

The rapid proliferation of AI-generated visual media has created an urgent need for efficient, trustworthy deepfake detection systems. However, existing deep learning-based detection methods rely on computationally intensive and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Parnian Ghapandar Kashani , Shiqi Chen , Aydogan Ozcan

A plethora of research advances have emerged in the fields of optics and photonics that benefit from harnessing the power of machine learning. Specifically, there has been a revival of interest in optical computing hardware, due to its…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Md Sadman Sakib Rahman , Jingxi Li , Deniz Mengu , Yair Rivenson , Aydogan Ozcan

Medical imaging is nowadays a pillar in diagnostics and therapeutic follow-up. Current research tries to integrate established - but ionizing - tomographic techniques with technologies offering reduced radiation exposure. Diffuse Optical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Alessandro Benfenati , Paola Causin , Martina Quinteri

As a label-free imaging technique, quantitative phase imaging (QPI) provides optical path length information of transparent specimens for various applications in biology, materials science, and engineering. Multispectral QPI measures…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-29 Che-Yung Shen , Jingxi Li , Deniz Mengu , Aydogan Ozcan

An optical neural network is proposed and demonstrated with programmable matrix transformation and nonlinear activation function of photodetection (square-law detection). Based on discrete phase-coherent spatial modes, the dimensionality of…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-20 Shikang Li , Baohua Ni , Xue Feng , Kaiyu Cui , Fang Liu , Wei Zhang , Yidong Huang

Differentiable optics, as an emerging paradigm that jointly optimizes optics and (optional) image processing algorithms, has made innovative optical designs possible across a broad range of applications. Many of these systems utilize…