Fiber neural networks for the intelligent optical fiber communication signal processing
Available online 3 September 2025
Optical neural networks have long cast researchers’ attention nowadays. Like other optical structured neural networks, fiber neural networks which utilize the mechanism of light transmission to compute...
AI-empowered optical metasurfaces: From unit-cell optimization to system-level integration
August 2025
Optical metasurfaces, composed of subwavelength structures, represent an emerging class of optical devices capable of precisely manipulating electromagnetic wavefronts, enabling unprecedented miniaturization...
Optical image processing and applications empowered by vision-language models
August 2025
Optical images present significant analytical challenges due to their high-dimensional structures, complex modalities, and multi-scale characteristics. This review systematically examines the technological...
Modulator-free light control via computational beam shaping
August 2025
Optical imaging plays a pivotal role in diverse applications, from biomedical diagnostics to astronomical observations. Precise light control is essential in many scenarios, such as mitigating optical...
Intrinsic dark-field Fourier ptychographic diffraction tomography under non-matched illumination
August 2025
Non-interferometric optical diffraction tomography (ODT) offers a powerful route for three-dimensional (3D), label-free imaging of live biological cells. However, in high-numerical-aperture (NA) systems,...
iOptics: AI for optics, optics for AI
August 2025