Machine learning with multimode fibers

A novel optical computing framework by harnessing spatiotemporal nonlinear effects of multimode fibers for machine learning is presented. With linear and nonlinear interactions of the spatial fiber modes, a brain-inspired computation engine is experimentally realized.

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This study presents a novel optical computing framework for machine learning by harnessing the spatiotemporal nonlinear effects of multimode fibers. Through linear and nonlinear interactions of the spatial fiber modes, a brain-inspired computation engine is experimentally realized.