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48 results for photon scattering

Researchers use statistical methods to infer transmission matrices in complex media.

problem Comprehending and exploiting photon scattering through disordered media.
method Pseudolikelihood decimation to learn the coupling matrix via random sampling.
result Transmission matrices can be inferred and used like normal optical elements.

Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) has been investigated as an alternative imaging modality for breast cancer detection thanks to its excellent contrast to hemoglobin oxidization level. However, due to the complicated non-linear photon scattering physics and ill-posedness, the conventional reconstruction algorithms are s…

2017-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on black holes and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, proving uniqueness theorems.

problem Uniqueness of black hole and photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes.
method Potential theory approach, self-contained proofs for known and new cases.
result Proves new results for connected photon spheres and photon surfaces in the extremal case, and super-extremal case.

The paper characterizes photon surfaces in static spacetimes and proves their uniqueness.

problem Characterizing and proving uniqueness of photon surfaces in static spacetimes.
method Local characterization and proof of uniqueness using specific spacetime properties.
result Static, vacuum, asymptotically isotropic spacetimes with equipotential photon surfaces are isometric to Schwarzschild spacetime.

Paper proves uniqueness of black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.

problem Proving uniqueness of static vacuum black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.
method Combining and generalizing techniques from previous works by Müller zum Hagen, Robinson, and Seifert, the authors prove geometric inequalities for connected (n+1)-dimensional spacetimes.
result Recovering and extending known uniqueness results for black holes and photon surfaces in higher dimensions.

In a recent paper the first author established the uniqueness of photon spheres, suitably defined, in static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetimes by adapting Israel's proof of static black hole uniqueness. In this note we establish uniqueness of photon spheres by adapting the argument of Bunting and Masood-ul-Alam, wh…

2015-04-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper simplifies FLRW photon propagators using geometric embeddings.

problem Understanding Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spaces.
method Differential-geometric methods applied to FLRW spaces as submanifolds in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+2}\).
result New and simplified expressions for the photon propagator in four dimensions.

Machine learning classifies topological phases in leaky photonic lattices.

problem Classifying topological phases in leaky photonic lattices using limited data.
method A fully connected neural network trained on bulk intensity measurements.
result Accurate determination of topological properties from intensity distributions.

Study improves chiral photonic metasurface design using neural networks and genetic algorithms.

problem Optimizing chiral photonic metasurfaces for high chiral dichroism and reflectivity.
method Combines neural network and genetic algorithm approaches with improved fitness functions and data augmentation.
result Demonstrates a significant increase in chiral dichroism and reflectivity.

New proofs of unique photon surfaces in 4D spacetimes, extending previous work.

problem Proving uniqueness of photon surfaces in 4D static vacuum spacetimes.
method Different proofs based on black hole uniqueness and Willmore inequality.
result Partial proof of Willmore inequality in 3D.

Gravitational interactions of higher spin fields are generically plagued by inconsistencies. We present a simple framework that couples higher spins to a broad class of gravitational backgrounds (including Ricci flat and Einstein) consistently at the classical level. The model is the simplest example of a Yang--Mills d…

2006-06-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Photonic chip speeds up option pricing with GAN for financial efficiency.

problem Bottleneck in classical computing limits financial industry development.
method Unary approach, photonic chip, quantum amplitude estimation, GAN for asset distribution.
result Quadratic speedup over classical Monte Carlo methods.

In a recent paper, the authors established the uniqueness of photon spheres in static vacuum asymptotically flat spacetimes by adapting Bunting and Masood-ul-Alam's proof of static vacuum black hole uniqueness. Here, we establish uniqueness of suitably defined sub-extremal photon spheres in static electro-vacuum asympt…

2015-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified framework for photon and massive particle hypersurfaces in stationary spacetimes.

problem Understanding photon and massive particle hypersurfaces in stationary spacetimes.
method Unified framework using Killing-invariant timelike hypersurfaces and associated Finsler structures.
result Conditions for a hypersurface to be a photon or massive particle hypersurface are established.

Designs chiral photonic structures using machine learning for efficient optical properties.

problem Optimizing chiral photonic nanostructures for light-matter interactions.
method Evolutionary algorithm and neural network approach for rapid optimization.
result Frequency-dependent modification in reflected light's degree of circular polarization.

Photonic co-processor speeds up training of large neural networks.

problem Training large neural networks with backpropagation is inefficient and communication is a bottleneck.
method Direct Feedback Alignment (DFA) with a photonic accelerator.
result Photonic accelerator can compute random projections with trillions of parameters.

We propose a method to build quantum memristors in quantum photonic platforms. We firstly design an effective beam splitter, which is tunable in real-time, by means of a Mach-Zehnder-type array with two equal 50:50 beam splitters and a tunable retarder, which allows us to control its reflectivity. Then, we show that th…

2017-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach confirms Kruskal-Szekeres extension for Schwarzschild spacetime.

problem Confirming the Kruskal-Szekeres extension for Schwarzschild spacetime.
method Reformulating the problem as an ODE and showing the ODE admits a solution if and only if the horizon is non-degenerate.
result Photon surfaces approaching the Killing horizon must necessarily cross it.

Study reveals optimal scaling conditions for photonic neural networks.

problem Impact of reservoir size and learning routines on convergence-speed during learning.
method Used a greedy algorithm to train a photonic neural network for chaotic signals prediction.
result Determined convergence speed of learning as a function of reservoir size and found close to linear scaling.

Detecting a change point is a crucial task in statistics that has been recently extended to the quantum realm. A source state generator that emits a series of single photons in a default state suffers an alteration at some point and starts to emit photons in a mutated state. The problem consists in identifying the poin…

2018-01-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Active learning method for neural population dynamics using optogenetics.

problem Efficiently selecting neurons to stimulate for identifying neural population dynamics.
method Developed active learning procedure for low-rank regression to determine informative photostimulation patterns.
result Demonstrated a two-fold reduction in data required for predictive power using low-rank linear dynamical systems model.

The paper extends IPC framework to stationary physical systems and validates it with a photonic system.

problem Characterizing the computational capabilities of stationary physical systems in a principled, data-efficient way.
method Extended IPC framework, established fundamental results, derived asymptotic bias, introduced data-efficient estimation methods.
result IPC strongly correlates with machine-learning performance and provides a reliable estimate of system dimensionality.

New model enhances SPIM for solving low-rank combinatorial optimization and statistical learning problems.

problem Solving large-scale combinatorial optimization problems efficiently.
method Proposed a new computing model for SPIM that can handle low-rank interaction matrices.
result Demonstrated efficient learning, classification, and sampling of MNIST images using the model.

Study maximal representations of surface groups via pleated surfaces in pseudo-Riemannian space.

problem Maximal representations of surface groups and their geometric properties.
method Introduction of ρ\rho-invariant pleated surfaces and construction of shear cocycles.
result Properties of ρ\rho-invariant pleated surfaces, including embeddedness, acausality, and hyperbolic structure.

Geometric wavelet scattering on manifolds improves neural network understanding.

problem Improving neural network understanding on manifold and graph domains.
method Defining a geometric scattering transform based on wavelet filters and nonlinearities.
result Generalizes deformation stability and local translation invariance to manifolds.

We introduce scattering-symplectic manifolds, manifolds with a type of minimally degenerate Poisson structure that is not too restrictive so as to have a large class of examples, yet restrictive enough for standard Poisson invariants to be computable. This paper will demonstrate the potential of the scattering symplect…

2016-03-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce general scattering transforms as mathematical models of deep neural networks with l2 pooling. Scattering networks iteratively apply complex valued unitary operators, and the pooling is performed by a complex modulus. An expected scattering defines a contractive representation of a high-dimensional probabil…

2013-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

New method learns soliton dynamics from scattering data without assuming known equations.

problem Deriving soliton dynamics from scattering data without prior knowledge.
method Combining IST with weak-form system identification for data-driven discovery.
result Effective soliton dynamics models derived from observed scattering data.

Unified graph scattering transforms improve theoretical properties of graph neural networks.

problem Improving theoretical guarantees for graph neural networks.
method Introducing windowed and non-windowed geometric scattering transforms for graphs.
result Unified family of graph scattering transforms with provable stability and invariance.

Scattering representations simplify SBI for images without extra compression.

problem Efficiently performing simulation-based inference on images with limited data.
method Use scattering representations for compression and learning, combined with spatial averaging and expressive density estimators.
result Scattering representations provide more information than traditional methods, without requiring additional simulations.

The paper establishes scattering theory for wave equations on Schwarzschild spacetime.

problem Defocusing semilinear wave equations on Schwarzschild spacetime.
method Combining energy and pointwise decay results with Sobolev embedding, constructing scattering operator.
result Construction of a scattering operator mapping past to future scattering data.

Paper develops formulas for shape derivatives in wave scattering.

problem Computing high order shape derivatives for wave scattering is challenging.
method Introduces elegant recurrence formulas using differential forms and Lie derivatives.
result Unified framework for computing high order shape perturbations in scattering problems.

The Euclidean scattering transform was introduced nearly a decade ago to improve the mathematical understanding of the success of convolutional neural networks (ConvNets) in image data analysis and other tasks. Inspired by recent interest in geometric deep learning, which aims to generalize ConvNets to manifold and gra…

2018-12-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops methods for monitoring TPL machine health.

problem Inaccurate and untimely maintenance of TPL systems leads to poor quality and inefficiencies.
method Physics-informed data-driven predictive models integrated with statistical approaches.
result The methods achieve high accuracy across various scenarios and conditions.