Image Recognition
Faster, energy-efficient diffractive ONN could be used for image and video processing. This innovative device paves the way for the development of large-scale ONNs, which can perform high-speed processing at the speed of light in an extremely energy-efficient manner. One of the widespread applications of neural networks is recognizing patterns and objects, which gives vision to machines. “Our novel detector device makes this nonlinear processing 1000 times faster and more energy efficient than such cameras. The research demonstrates the potential of using a SNPD in free-space diffractive ONNs.