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H H Zhu¹, J Zou¹, H Zhang¹

¹Quantum Science and Engineering Centre (QSec), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.

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This study introduces an integrated diffractive optical network (IDNN) that significantly reduces the footprint and energy consumption of optical neural networks (ONNs) for advanced optical computing. The new design achieves linear scaling, overcoming the limitations of traditional quadratic approaches.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Artificial Intelligence Hardware
Integrated Photonics

Background:

Optical neural networks (ONNs) require scalable, integrated, and low-power hardware for advanced optical computing.
Traditional ONN implementations using Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) exhibit quadratic scaling (N^2 units for N input dimensions), limiting scalability and increasing power consumption.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and demonstrate an integrated diffractive optical network (IDNN) for efficient optical computing.
To overcome the scalability and power consumption limitations of conventional ONN architectures.

Main Methods:

Developed an IDNN utilizing two ultracompact diffractive cells for Fourier transform operations and N MZIs for computing.
Implemented parallel Fourier transforms, convolution operations, and application-specific optical computing.
Experimentally validated the IDNN chip's performance on MNIST and Fashion-MNIST datasets.

Main Results:

Achieved a ~10-fold reduction in footprint and energy consumption compared to traditional MZI-based ONNs.
Demonstrated linear scaling of footprint and energy consumption with input data dimension (N).
Maintained high accuracy comparable to previous MZI-based ONNs.

Conclusions:

The proposed IDNN offers a scalable and low-power solution for optical computational chips.
This technology represents a significant advancement towards practical optical artificial intelligence.
IDNNs pave the way for next-generation energy-efficient optical computing hardware.