Multi-layer Optical Convolutional Neural Network with Nonlinear Activation
Zheng Huang, Conghe Wang, Wanxin Shi, Shukai Wu, Sigang Yang, Hongwei Chen · 2024
We present a compact multi-layer optical convolutional neural network for pre-sensor computing with nonlinear activation by masks and an image intensifier. This can off-load 83.1% computation to optics and achieve competitive accuracies for classification tasks.