Nonlinear analog processing with anisotropic nonlinear films
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- City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
- Univ. of Brescia (Italy); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Brescia (Italy)
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
- Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
- City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
Digital signal processing is the cornerstone of several modern-day technologies, yet in multiple applications it faces critical bottlenecks related to memory and speed constraints. Thanks to recent advances in metasurface design and fabrication, light-based analog computing has emerged as a viable option to partially replace or augment digital approaches. Several light-based analog computing functionalities have been demonstrated using patterned flat optical elements, with great opportunities for integration in compact nanophotonic systems. So far, however, the available operations have been restricted to the linear regime, limiting the impact of this technology to a compactification of Fourier optics systems. In this paper, we introduce nonlinear operations to the field of metasurface-based analog optical processing, demonstrating that nonlinear optical phenomena, combined with nonlocality in flat optics, can be leveraged to synthesize kernels beyond linear Fourier optics, paving the way to a broad range of new opportunities. As a practical demonstration, we report the experimental synthesis of a class of nonlinear operations that can be used to realize broadband, polarization-selective analog-domain edge detection.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Australian Research Council (ARC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 2584028
- Journal Information:
- Nanophotonics, Journal Name: Nanophotonics; ISSN 2192-8606; ISSN 2192-8614
- Publisher:
- de GruyterCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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