
doi: 10.1038/s41377-025-01841-x , 10.5281/zenodo.18001245 , 10.5281/zenodo.18001244 , 10.48550/arxiv.2409.10976
pmid: 40325005
pmc: PMC12053629
arXiv: 2409.10976
doi: 10.1038/s41377-025-01841-x , 10.5281/zenodo.18001245 , 10.5281/zenodo.18001244 , 10.48550/arxiv.2409.10976
pmid: 40325005
pmc: PMC12053629
arXiv: 2409.10976
Abstract The next generation of smart imaging and vision systems will require compact and tunable optical computing hardware to perform high-speed and low-power image processing. These requirements are driving the development of computing metasurfaces to realize efficient front-end analog optical pre-processors, especially for edge detection capability. Yet, there is still a lack of reconfigurable or programmable schemes, which may drastically enhance the impact of these devices at the system level. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable flat optical image processor using low-loss phase-change nonlocal metasurfaces. The metasurface is configured to realize different transfer functions in spatial frequency space, when transitioning the phase-change material between its amorphous and crystalline phases. This enables edge detection and bright field imaging modes on the same device. The metasurface is compatible with a large numerical aperture of ~0.5, making it suitable for high resolution coherent optical imaging microscopy. The concept of phase-change reconfigurable nonlocal metasurfaces may enable emerging applications of artificial intelligence-assisted imaging and vision devices with switchable multitasking.
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall), FOS: Physical sciences, Applied optics. Photonics, QC350-467, Physics - Applied Physics, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), Optics. Light, Article, TA1501-1820, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall), FOS: Physical sciences, Applied optics. Photonics, QC350-467, Physics - Applied Physics, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), Optics. Light, Article, TA1501-1820, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
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