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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Nonlinear analog processing with anisotropic nonlinear films.

Michele Cotrufo, Domenico de Ceglia, Hyunseung Jung, Igal Brener, Dragomir Neshev, Costantino De Angelis, Andrea Alù

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Michele CotrufoPhotonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9931-1279
Domenico de CegliaCNIT and Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy.
Hyunseung JungCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, POB 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.
Igal BrenerCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, POB 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2139-5182
Dragomir NeshevARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS), Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4508-8646
Costantino De AngelisCNIT and Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze, 38, Brescia, 25123, Italy.
Andrea AlùPhotonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-5274

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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analog image processingmetasurfacesnonlinear

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PMID41246501
PMCPMC12617739

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