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Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a label-free technique that provides optical path length information for transparent specimens, finding utility in biology, materials science, and engineering. Here, we present quantitative phase imaging…

Optical machine learning offers advantages in terms of power efficiency, scalability and computation speed. Recently, an optical machine learning method based on Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NNs) has been introduced to execute a…

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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…

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Convolutional neural networks are paramount in image and signal processing including the relevant classification and training tasks alike and constitute for the majority of machine learning compute demand today. With convolution operations…

Diffractive neural network (DNN), which can perform machine learning tasks based on the light propagation and diffraction, has recently emerged as a promising optical computing paradigm due to its high parallel processing speed and low…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-27 Yudong Tian , Haifeng Xu , Yuqing Liu , Xiangyu Zhao , Jierong Cheng , Chongzhao Wu

In today's information age, advanced fiber optic transmission technology is of paramount importance. Multimode fibers (MMFs) using space-division multiplexing (SDM) are promising for improved transmission capacity, connection flexibility,…

Replacing electrons with photons is a compelling route towards light-speed, highly parallel, and low-power artificial intelligence computing. Recently, all-optical diffractive neural deep neural networks have been demonstrated. However, the…

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Optical phase conjugation (OPC) is a nonlinear technique used for counteracting wavefront distortions, with various applications ranging from imaging to beam focusing. Here, we present the design of a diffractive wavefront processor to…

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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 paper develops a novel framework for phase retrieval, a problem which arises in X-ray crystallography, diffraction imaging, astronomical imaging and many other applications. Our approach combines multiple structured illuminations…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-21 Emmanuel J. Candes , Yonina Eldar , Thomas Strohmer , Vlad Voroninski

Diffractive deep neural networks (D2NNs), which perform computation using light instead of electrons, offer a promising pathway toward accelerating artificial intelligence by leveraging the inherent advantages of optics in speed,…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-24 Haoyu Wang , Yanmin Zhu , Tong Fu

Optical approaches have made great strides towards the goal of high-speed, energy-efficient computing necessary for modern deep learning and AI applications. Read-in and read-out of data, however, limit the overall performance of existing…

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Deep neural networks have achieved remarkable breakthroughs by leveraging multiple layers of data processing to extract hidden representations, albeit at the cost of large electronic computing power. To enhance energy efficiency and speed,…

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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

We report the design of diffractive surfaces to all-optically perform arbitrary complex-valued linear transformations between an input (N_i) and output (N_o), where N_i and N_o represent the number of pixels at the input and output…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-27 Onur Kulce , Deniz Mengu , Yair Rivenson , Aydogan Ozcan

Complex field imaging, which captures both the amplitude and phase information of input optical fields or objects, can offer rich structural insights into samples, such as their absorption and refractive index distributions. However,…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-30 Jingxi Li , Yuhang Li , Tianyi Gan , Che-Yung Shen , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

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…

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have substantial computational requirements, which greatly limit their performance in resource-constrained environments. Recently, there are increasing efforts on optical neural networks and optical computing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-05 Yingjie Li , Ruiyang Chen , Berardi Sensale Rodriguez , Weilu Gao , Cunxi Yu

Diffractive deep neural networks (D2NNs) are composed of successive transmissive layers optimized using supervised deep learning to all-optically implement various computational tasks between an input and output field-of-view (FOV). Here,…