Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials
Recently, the study of analog optical computing raised renewed interest due to its natural advantages of parallel, high speed and low energy consumption over conventional digital counterpart, particularly in applications of big data and high-throughput image processing. The emergence of metamaterial...
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| author | Kaiyang Cheng Yuancheng Fan Weixuan Zhang Yubin Gong Shen Fei Hongqiang Li |
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| description | Recently, the study of analog optical computing raised renewed interest due to its natural advantages of parallel, high speed and low energy consumption over conventional digital counterpart, particularly in applications of big data and high-throughput image processing. The emergence of metamaterials or metasurfaces in the last decades offered unprecedented opportunities to arbitrarily manipulate the light waves within subwavelength scale. Metamaterials and metasurfaces with freely controlled optical properties have accelerated the progress of wave-based analog computing and are emerging as a practical, easy-integration platform for optical analog computing. In this review, the recent progress of metamaterial-based spatial analog optical computing is briefly reviewed. We first survey the implementation of classical mathematical operations followed by two fundamental approaches (metasurface approach and Green’s function approach). Then, we discuss recent developments based on different physical mechanisms and the classical optical simulating of quantum algorithms are investigated, which may lead to a new way for high-efficiency signal processing by exploiting quantum behaviors. The challenges and future opportunities in the booming research field are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bfc3212bb234938b785bef5bf2b59532023-11-21T02:34:33ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-12-0111114110.3390/app11010141Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with MetamaterialsKaiyang Cheng0Yuancheng Fan1Weixuan Zhang2Yubin Gong3Shen Fei4Hongqiang Li5School of Electrical Engineering and Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, ChinaKey Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Perception, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, ChinaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, ChinaKey Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structure Materials (MOE) and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, ChinaRecently, the study of analog optical computing raised renewed interest due to its natural advantages of parallel, high speed and low energy consumption over conventional digital counterpart, particularly in applications of big data and high-throughput image processing. The emergence of metamaterials or metasurfaces in the last decades offered unprecedented opportunities to arbitrarily manipulate the light waves within subwavelength scale. Metamaterials and metasurfaces with freely controlled optical properties have accelerated the progress of wave-based analog computing and are emerging as a practical, easy-integration platform for optical analog computing. In this review, the recent progress of metamaterial-based spatial analog optical computing is briefly reviewed. We first survey the implementation of classical mathematical operations followed by two fundamental approaches (metasurface approach and Green’s function approach). Then, we discuss recent developments based on different physical mechanisms and the classical optical simulating of quantum algorithms are investigated, which may lead to a new way for high-efficiency signal processing by exploiting quantum behaviors. The challenges and future opportunities in the booming research field are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/141analog optical computingmetamaterialsmetasurfacesquantum algorithmedge detection |
| spellingShingle | Kaiyang Cheng Yuancheng Fan Weixuan Zhang Yubin Gong Shen Fei Hongqiang Li Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials Applied Sciences analog optical computing metamaterials metasurfaces quantum algorithm edge detection |
| title | Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials |
| title_full | Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials |
| title_fullStr | Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials |
| title_short | Optical Realization of Wave-Based Analog Computing with Metamaterials |
| title_sort | optical realization of wave based analog computing with metamaterials |
| topic | analog optical computing metamaterials metasurfaces quantum algorithm edge detection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/141 |
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