Recovering topological information of light by topological learning
Benquan Wang, Trishita Das, Yuhan Peng, Tatjana Kleine, Shanshan Chang, Jinhui Chen, Nilo Mata-Cervera, Chunyu Li 等 11 位作者
原文摘要
The evolution of modern-day communication networks towards enhanced capacity and robustness is driving interest in topological light wave as a next-generation information carrier. However, harnessing its potential is hindered by the lack of an effective topological reader, particularly when strong disorder renders conventional readout intractable. Here we address this by introducing TOPO$^{2}$, an artificial intelligence framework that leverages on topological learning to recover topological information from light. We demonstrate it on highly distorted optical fields with embedded Skyrmion topologies, showing that we can extract the topological numbers in a single shot with just a conventional camera. We showcase its capability in a TOPO$^{2}$-based communication scheme, sending and recovering information encoded in a topological alphabet, confirming that it outperforms conventional approaches. Our connection of topological photonics with topological AI as a powerful paradigm for robust high-capacity information encoding and processing opens a new path towards topological information optics.
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