• PhotoniX
  • Vol. 4, Issue 1, 26 (2023)
Sheng-ke Zhu1、2、†, Ze-huan Zheng3、†, Weijia Meng4、5, Shan-shan Chang1、2, Yingling Tan1, Lu-Jian Chen1、*, Xinyuan Fang4、**, Min Gu4, and Jin-hui Chen1、2、6、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, 361005 Xiamen, China
  • 2Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), 361005, Xiamen, China
  • 3School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Xiamen Institute of Technology, 361021 Xiamen, China
  • 4Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093 Shanghai, China
  • 5Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093 Shanghai, China
  • 6Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, 518000, Shenzhen, China
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    DOI: 10.1186/s43074-023-00102-7 Cite this Article
    Sheng-ke Zhu, Ze-huan Zheng, Weijia Meng, Shan-shan Chang, Yingling Tan, Lu-Jian Chen, Xinyuan Fang, Min Gu, Jin-hui Chen. Harnessing disordered photonics via multi-task learning towards intelligent four-dimensional light field sensors[J]. PhotoniX, 2023, 4(1): 26 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The complete description of a continuous-wave light field includes its four fundamental properties: wavelength, polarization, phase and amplitude. However, the simultaneous measurement of a multi-dimensional light field of such four degrees of freedom is challenging in conventional optical systems requiring a cascade of dispersive and polarization elements. In this work, we demonstrate a disordered-photonics-assisted intelligent four-dimensional light field sensor. This is achieved by discovering that the speckle patterns, generated from light scattering in a disordered medium, are intrinsically sensitive to a high-dimension light field given their high structural degrees of freedom. Further, the multi-task-learning deep neural network is leveraged to process the single-shot light-field-encoded speckle images free from any prior knowledge of the complex disordered structures and realizes the high-accuracy recognition of full-Stokes vector, multiple orbital angular momentum (OAM), wavelength and power. The proof-of-concept study shows that the states space of four-dimensional light field spanning as high as 1680=4 (multiple-OAM) $$\times$$ 2 (OAM power spectra) $$\times$$ 15 (multiple-wavelength) $$\times$$ 14 (polarizations) can be well recognized with high accuracy in the chip-integrated sensor. Our work provides a novel paradigm for the design of optical sensors for high-dimension light fields, which can be widely applied in optical communication, holography, and imaging.
    Sheng-ke Zhu, Ze-huan Zheng, Weijia Meng, Shan-shan Chang, Yingling Tan, Lu-Jian Chen, Xinyuan Fang, Min Gu, Jin-hui Chen. Harnessing disordered photonics via multi-task learning towards intelligent four-dimensional light field sensors[J]. PhotoniX, 2023, 4(1): 26
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