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most citedExperimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in nanophotonic neural networks

330 citations · 798 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

physics.optics2023

Scalable Low-latency Optical Phase Sensor Array

Zhanghao Sun, Sunil Pai, Carson Valdez +5

Optical phase measurement is critical for many applications and traditional approaches often suffer from mechanical instability, temporal latency, and computational complexity. In…

physics.optics2022★ 18 cited

Immersion graded index optics: theory, design, and prototypes

Nina Vaidya, Olav Solgaard

Immersion optics enable creation of systems with improved optical concentration and coupling by taking advantage of the fact that the luminance of light is proportional to the squa…

physics.optics2022★ 5 cited

Scalable and self-correcting photonic computation using balanced photonic binary tree cascades

Sunil Pai, Olav Solgaard, Shanhui Fan +1

Programmable unitary photonic networks that interfere hundreds of modes are emerging as a key technology in energy-efficient sensing, machine learning, cryptography, and linear opt…

cs.ET2022★ 5 cited

Experimental evaluation of digitally-verifiable photonic computing for blockchain and cryptocurrency

Sunil Pai, Taewon Park, Marshall Ball +9

As blockchain technology and cryptocurrency become increasingly mainstream, ever-increasing energy costs required to maintain the computational power running these decentralized pl…

cs.ET2022★ 330 cited

Experimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in nanophotonic neural networks

Sunil Pai, Zhanghao Sun, Tyler W. Hughes +11

Neural networks are widely deployed models across many scientific disciplines and commercial endeavors ranging from edge computing and sensing to large-scale signal processing in d…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 2 cited

High Gradient Silicon Carbide Immersion Lens Ultrafast Electron Sources

Kenneth J. Leedle, Uwe Niedermayer, Eric Skär +5

We present two compact ultrafast electron injector designs with integrated focusing that provide high peak brightness of up to with 10s of electrons per las…