• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 3, 032501 (2025)
Xin Ye, Wenjia Zhang*, and Zuyuan He
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.032501 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xin Ye, Wenjia Zhang, Zuyuan He, "Smoothed analysis-based noise manipulation for spatial photonic Ising machines," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 032501 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The photonic Ising machine, a promising non-von Neumann computational paradigm, offers a feasible way to address combinatorial optimization problems. We develop a digital noise injection method for spatial photonic Ising machines based on smoothed analysis, where noise level acts as a parameter that quantifies the smoothness degree. Through experiments with 20736-node Max-Cut problems, we establish a stable performance within a smoothness degree of 0.04 to 0.07. Digital noise injection results in a 24% performance enhancement, showing a 73% improvement over heuristic Sahni–Gonzales (SG) algorithms. Furthermore, to address noise-induced instability concerns, we propose an optoelectronic co-optimization method for a more streamlined smoothing method with strong stability.
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