Exploiting nonlinear incoherent image formation through linear volume metaoptics for inference [Invited]
Abstract
We showed that a 2D depth map representing an incoherent 3D opaque scene is directly encoded in the response function of an imaging optics. As a result, the optics creates an image that depends nonlinearly on the depth map. Furthermore, strong spatio-spectral dispersions in volume metaoptics can be engineered to create an arbitrarily complex image in response to a depth map. We hypothesize that this complexity will allow the linear volume metaoptics to directly sense and process 3D opaque scenes for deep vision tasks.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
Random lasers and scattering media
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- A171–A171
- Publication date
- 8 January 2026
- Language
- EN