Polychromatic optical scattering and nonlinear chromatic mixing in passive optical media can serve as a physical reservoir computer with no digital-to-analog conversion overhead. Single-wavelength optical reservoir computing has already demonstrated digit classification using scattering media (frosted glass, multimode fibre) as the reservoir. The novel extension: using multiple simultaneous wavelengths (colours) as independent high-dimensional input channels, exploiting chromatic dispersion and nonlinear optical mixing as the physical reservoir dynamics.
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Supporting Research Papers
- Self-Configuring Universal Multichannel and Multidimensional Integrated Photonic Processing Engine
Arbitrary manipulation of light across multiple physical dimensions is essential for harnessing its parallelism in fundamental research and advanced applications, such as optical interconnects, comput...
- Electro-optic frequency combs for multi-wavelength digital holography with high dynamic range
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- Optical Modulation Due to Energy Exchange Between Photonic and Exciton Modes in the Intermediate Coupling Regime
Actively tunable photonic devices are vital for next-generation optoelectronics requiring rapid switching and high bandwidth. Although organic optoelectronic devices have found wide application, their...
- Dispersion Control in Micromechanical Evanescent Optical Modulators
Efficient, low-loss, and versatile optical modulators are a critical ingredient for practical integrated photonic systems. Modulators based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have unique advant...
- A homodyne detection scheme for all-optical photon-photon scattering experiments using 2D detectors
Low signal-to-noise ratios are a common problem in experiments attempting to measure photon-photon scattering. In the optical regime, where petawatt lasers with femtosecond pulse durations are used, t...
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