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Kaiyu Cui¹, Shijie Rao², Sheng Xu²

¹Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. kaiyucui@tsinghua.edu.cn.

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This study introduces a novel spectral convolutional neural network (SCNN) using natural light for efficient in-sensor computing. This optical computing approach achieves high accuracy in complex tasks like pathological diagnosis and face anti-spoofing.

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Area of Science:

Optoelectronics
Artificial Intelligence
Materials Science

Background:

Optical neural networks face limitations in integration scale and require coherent light sources.
Existing optical computing methods are not energy-efficient or practical for real-world applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and demonstrate a spectral convolutional neural network (SCNN) integrated with matter meta-imaging for in-sensor optical analog computing.
To utilize incoherent natural light as the information carrier for highly parallel computations.
To achieve high energy efficiency and scalability for edge computing applications.

Main Methods:

Implementation of optical convolutional layers using very large-scale, pixel-aligned spectral filters on a CMOS image sensor.
Development of a spectral convolutional neural network (SCNN) architecture for processing natural light.
In-sensor analog computing through highly parallel spectral vector-inner products.

Main Results:

The SCNN chip successfully processed incoherent natural light, enabling in-sensor optical analog computing.
Achieved over 96% accuracy for pathological diagnosis and nearly 100% accuracy for face anti-spoofing at video rates.
Demonstrated the feasibility of using the same chip for diverse, complex real-world tasks.

Conclusions:

This work presents the first integrated optical computing system utilizing natural light.
The developed SCNN chip offers a feasible and scalable solution for in-sensor edge computing in portable terminals.
The technology promises high energy efficiency and broad applicability across various domains.