Compressing and expanding optical matrix-vector multipliers for enabling optical image encoder-decoders and generators

Adrian Stern

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-02141-0

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Compressing and expanding optical matrix-vector multipliers for enabling optical image encoder-decoders and generators

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- Compressing and expanding optical matrix-vector multipliers for enabling optical image encoder-decoders and generators
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 15, Issue 2, Pages: 363-365(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Electro-optics and Photonics Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
- Author bio：
  
  Adrian Stern (stern@bgu.ac.il)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-02141-0
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- Online First：03 January 2026，
  
  Published：28 February 2026
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Stern, A. Compressing and expanding optical matrix-vector multipliers for enabling optical image encoderdecoders and generators. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 363-365 (2026).
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Stern, A. Compressing and expanding optical matrix-vector multipliers for enabling optical image encoderdecoders and generators. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 363-365 (2026). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-02141-0.

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Both compressing and expanding optical matrix-vector multipliers are necessary for the full optical realization of neural networks. An expanding multiplier scheme is proposed

which

together with common compressing multipliers

is employed to demonstrate image processor networks such as autoencoders and image generators.

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