Integrated photonic metasystem for image classifications at telecommunication wavelength

Author(s)Wang, Zi
Author(s)Chang, Lorry
Author(s)Wang, Feifan
Author(s)Li, Tiantian
Author(s)Gu, Tingyi
Date Accessioned2023-02-23T18:21:59Z
Date Available2023-02-23T18:21:59Z
Publication Date2022-04-19
Description© The Author(s) 2022. This article was originally published in Nature Communications. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29856-7
AbstractMiniaturized image classifiers are potential for revolutionizing their applications in optical communication, autonomous vehicles, and healthcare. With subwavelength structure enabled directional diffraction and dispersion engineering, the light propagation through multi-layer metasurfaces achieves wavelength-selective image recognitions on a silicon photonic platform at telecommunication wavelength. The metasystems implement high-throughput vector-by-matrix multiplications, enabled by near 103 nanoscale phase shifters as weight elements within 0.135 mm2 footprints. The diffraction manifested computing capability incorporates the fabrication and measurement related phase fluctuations, and thus the pre-trained metasystem can handle uncertainties in inputs without post-tuning. Here we demonstrate three functional metasystems: a 15-pixel spatial pattern classifier that reaches near 90% accuracy with femtosecond inputs, a multi-channel wavelength demultiplexer, and a hyperspectral image classifier. The diffractive metasystem provides an alternative machine learning architecture for photonic integrated circuits, with densely integrated phase shifters, spatially multiplexed throughput, and data processing capabilities.
SponsorThis work was supported by AFOSR Young Investigator Program (FA9550-18-1-0300) and an Early Career Faculty grant from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants Program (80NSSC17K0526). The devices are fabricated at the University of Delaware Nanofabrication Facility with assistance from Dr. Kevin Lister.
CitationWang, Z., Chang, L., Wang, F. et al. Integrated photonic metasystem for image classifications at telecommunication wavelength. Nat Commun 13, 2131 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29856-7
ISSN2041-1723
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/32351
Languageen_US
PublisherNature Communications
Keywordsmetamaterials
Keywordssilicon photonics
TitleIntegrated photonic metasystem for image classifications at telecommunication wavelength
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