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Rapid laser solver for the phase retrieval problem

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Chene Tradonsky *
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Igor Gershenzon
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Pal, V.
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Ronen Chriki
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Asher A. Friesem
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Oren Raz
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Nir Davidson
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aax4530delete
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Tailored physical systems were recently exploited to rapidly solve hard computational challenges, such as spin simulators, combinatorial optimization, and focusing through scattering media. Here, we address the phase retrieval problem where an object is reconstructed from its scattered intensity distribution. This is a key problem in many applications, ranging from x-ray imaging to astrophysics, and currently, it lacks efficient direct reconstruction methods: The widely used indirect iterative algorithms are inherently slow. We present an optical approach based on a digital degenerate cavity laser, whose most probable lasing mode rapidly and efficiently reconstructs the object. Our experimental results suggest that the gain competition between the many lasing modes acts as a highly parallel computer that could rapidly solve the phase retrieval problem. Our approach applies to most two-dimensional objects with known compact support, including complex-valued objects, and can be generalized to imaging through scattering media and other hard computational tasks.
Keywords:
COHERENT ISING MACHINE
RECONSTRUCTION
DIFFRACTION
LOCKING
NETWORK
OBJECT
IMAGE
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Weizmann Institute of Science
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