PhotoniX, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 26(2023)

Harnessing disordered photonics via multi-task learning towards intelligent four-dimensional light field sensors

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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    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.

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    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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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 21, 2023

    Accepted: Aug. 2, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2023

    The Author Email: Chen Lu-Jian (lujianchen@xmu.edu.cn), Fang Xinyuan (xinyuan.fang@usst.edu.cn), Chen Jin-hui (jimchen@xmu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1186/s43074-023-00102-7

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