ConvShareViT: Enhancing Vision Transformers with Convolutional Attention Mechanisms for Free-Space Optical Accelerators

Riad Ibadulla, Thomas M. Chen, Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro

This paper introduces ConvShareViT, a novel deep learning architecture that adapts Vision Transformers (ViTs) to the 4f free-space optical system. ConvShareViT replaces linear laye…