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Ziqing Guo^1,2, Zhiyu Tan^1,2, Xiaofei Zang^3,4

¹Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

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|May 14, 2025

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Researchers developed a novel metasurface for all-optical diffractive neural networks (DNNs). This technology enables polarization-controlled switching between unidirectional and bidirectional modes, enhancing both information security and sharing capabilities.

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Area of Science:

Optoelectronics
Metamaterials
Information Security

Background:

Information security and sharing present conflicting requirements, particularly in all-optical systems.
All-optical systems demand efficient data transmission alongside robust security measures.
Balancing these needs is crucial for advanced optical communication and data processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and demonstrate a metasurface-based approach for all-optical diffractive neural networks (DNNs).
To achieve simultaneous information security and sharing through polarization-controlled switching.
To develop a high-security data exchange framework using these novel DNNs.

Main Methods:

Integration of phase manipulation, polarization conversion, and selective functionalities into all-optical DNNs using metasurfaces.
Design of a cascaded terahertz metasurface with quarter-wave plates and metallic gratings for polarization-selective classification and imaging.
Incorporation of half-wave plates to enable polarization-controlled transitions between unidirectional and bidirectional modes.

Main Results:

Experimental demonstration of a polarization-controllable switch between unidirectional and bidirectional DNNs.
Successful implementation of polarization-selective unidirectional-bidirectional classification and imaging.
Validation of a high-security data exchange framework leveraging the proposed DNNs.

Conclusions:

The proposed metasurface-based DNNs offer a polarization-switchable solution for balancing information security and sharing.
This technology holds significant potential for applications in privacy protection, encryption, communications, and secure data exchange.