Optical Computing with Spectrally Multiplexed Features in Complex Media
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| author | Dong, Xue Lion, Kai Xia, Fei Baek, YoonSeok Wang, Ziao He, Niao Gigan, Sylvain |
| author_facet | Dong, Xue Lion, Kai Xia, Fei Baek, YoonSeok Wang, Ziao He, Niao Gigan, Sylvain |
| contents | 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 large-scale optical processing, and in-memory computing, with applications across diverse machine learning tasks. Here, we explore the use of broadband light scattering in free-space optical components, specifically complex media, which generate uncorrelated optical features at each wavelength. By treating individual wavelengths as independent predictors, we demonstrate improved classification accuracy through in-silico majority voting, along with the ability to estimate uncertainty without requiring access to the model's probability outputs. We further demonstrate that linearly combining multiwavelength features, akin to spectral shaping, enables us to tune output features with improved performance on classification tasks, potentially eliminating the need for multiple digital post-processing steps. These findings illustrate the spectral multiplexing or broadband advantage for free-space optical computing. |
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| spellingShingle | Optical Computing with Spectrally Multiplexed Features in Complex Media Dong, Xue Lion, Kai Xia, Fei Baek, YoonSeok Wang, Ziao He, Niao Gigan, Sylvain Optics 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 large-scale optical processing, and in-memory computing, with applications across diverse machine learning tasks. Here, we explore the use of broadband light scattering in free-space optical components, specifically complex media, which generate uncorrelated optical features at each wavelength. By treating individual wavelengths as independent predictors, we demonstrate improved classification accuracy through in-silico majority voting, along with the ability to estimate uncertainty without requiring access to the model's probability outputs. We further demonstrate that linearly combining multiwavelength features, akin to spectral shaping, enables us to tune output features with improved performance on classification tasks, potentially eliminating the need for multiple digital post-processing steps. These findings illustrate the spectral multiplexing or broadband advantage for free-space optical computing. |
| title | Optical Computing with Spectrally Multiplexed Features in Complex Media |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04321 |