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Yuxiang Sun^1,2, Fenglei Wang¹, Jing Han¹

¹Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China.

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This study introduces a novel diffractive computing method for fast, parallel morphological transformations. This all-optical approach processes images without computers, offering a scalable solution for visual information processing tasks.

Keywords:

diffractive networks machine learning morphological transformations

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Computer Vision
Deep Learning

Background:

Morphological transformations are crucial for image processing but computationally intensive.
Existing digital methods require significant memory and processing power, especially for large datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a fast, highly parallel, and computer-free method for morphological transformations using diffractive computing.
To demonstrate the flexibility and scalability of this all-optical approach for various image processing applications.

Main Methods:

Utilizing cascaded diffractive surfaces designed via a deep learning-based optimization process.
Implementing free-space diffractive devices to process optical wavefronts directly for dilation and erosion.
Employing a reflection configuration with a phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM).

Main Results:

Successfully performed morphological transformations (dilation and erosion) on amplitude- and phase-encoded images.
Demonstrated computer-free, all-optical processing with high parallelism and scalability.
Showcased image denoising and flexible tuning of transformation kernels by adjusting training datasets.

Conclusions:

Diffractive computing offers an efficient and scalable alternative to digital methods for morphological transformations.
The developed all-optical processor enables computer-free, real-time image processing with tunable functionalities.
This approach has significant potential for applications in bioimaging, surveillance, and environmental monitoring.