WO2023139922A1 - 光演算装置及び光演算方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical computing device having an optical modulation element group and an optical computing method using the optical modulation element group.
- a light modulation element that has a plurality of cells and is designed to optically perform a predetermined operation by causing mutual interference between signal lights that have passed through each cell.
- Optical computation using such an optical modulation element has the advantage of being faster and consuming less power than electrical computation using a processor. Further, by causing a plurality of optical modulation elements to act on the signal light in sequence, it is possible to easily realize advanced optical calculations that are difficult to achieve with a single optical modulation element.
- Patent Document 1 discloses an optical neural network having an input layer, an intermediate layer, and an output layer.
- the optical modulation element described above can be used, for example, as an intermediate layer of such an optical neural network.
- the signal light input to the optical modulation element group is usually generated by a spatial light modulator that modulates (intensity modulation or phase modulation) the carrier light for each cell.
- a spatial light modulator that modulates (intensity modulation or phase modulation) the carrier light for each cell.
- LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon
- the modulation speed of LCOS is on the order of 60 Hz. Therefore, the modulation speed of the LCOS becomes a bottleneck, and the high-speed optical calculation by the optical modulator cannot be fully utilized.
- One aspect of the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to realize an optical operation device and an optical operation method capable of performing high-speed optical operation while suppressing the loss of information due to binarization.
- a wavenumber space image is generated by inverse Fourier transforming the input image, a binary image is generated by binarizing the wavenumber space image, and a real space image is generated by Fourier transforming the binary image.
- a real space image that better approximates the input image than a binary image obtained by binarizing the input image itself may be obtained.
- binarizing a wavenumber space image obtained by Fourier transforming an input image may result in a smaller amount of missing information than binarizing the input image itself.
- the inventors of the present application have arrived at the present invention by paying attention to this point.
- An optical arithmetic device includes a spatial light modulator that generates signal light representing a wavenumber space image by binary-modulating carrier light for each cell, and an optical modulation element group consisting of at least one optical modulation element that sequentially acts on the signal light.
- An optical computation method includes the steps of: generating signal light representing a wavenumber space image by binary modulating carrier light for each cell; and performing optical computation by sequentially causing at least one light modulation element to act on the signal light.
- FIG. 1 is a side view showing the configuration of an optical arithmetic device according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a specific example of an optical modulation element included in the optical arithmetic device shown in FIG. 1
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the light modulation element shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view showing a modified example of the optical arithmetic device shown in FIG. 1
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a specific example of an optical modulation element included in the optical arithmetic device shown in FIG. 4
- 6 is a cross-sectional view of a cell that constitutes the light modulation element shown in FIG. 5;
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a specific example of an optical modulation element included in the optical arithmetic device shown in FIG. 4
- FIG. 1 is a side view showing the configuration of the optical arithmetic device 1.
- the optical arithmetic device 1 includes a spatial light modulator 11, a lens 12, an optical modulation element group 13, and a driver 14, as shown in FIG.
- the spatial light modulator 11 is configured to obtain the signal light L1 representing the wavenumber space image I1 by binary-modulating the carrier light L0 for each cell.
- a spatial light modulator that performs binary intensity modulation or binary phase modulation on the carrier light L0 for each cell is used as the spatial light modulator 11.
- a spatial light modulator that performs binary intensity modulation on the carrier light L0 for each cell includes, for example, a DMD (Digital Mirror Device).
- FLCOS Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal On Silicon
- the lens 12 is configured to obtain the signal light L2 representing the real space image I2 by Fourier transforming the signal light L1 representing the wave number space image I1.
- a lens having a positive focal length f is used as the lens 12 .
- the lens 12 is arranged such that the principal plane of the lens 12 is parallel to the exit surface of the spatial light modulator 11, and the distance between the principal plane of the lens 12 and the exit surface of the spatial light modulator 11 matches the focal length f of the lens 12.
- lenses having a positive focal length f include convex lenses and Fresnel lenses.
- a transmissive light modulation element designed to function as a convex lens may be used as the lens 12 .
- the optical modulation element group 13 is a set of n optical modulation elements 13a1 to 13an that sequentially act on the signal light L2.
- n is any natural number equal to or greater than 1.
- Each optical modulation element 13ai is an element having an optical arithmetic function, that is, a function of converting a two-dimensional intensity distribution or a two-dimensional phase distribution of signal light according to a predetermined conversion rule.
- i is each natural number of 1 or more and n or less.
- the light modulation element group 13 is arranged so that the entrance surface of each light modulation element 13ai is parallel to the principal plane of the lens 12, and the distance between the entrance plane of the light modulation element 13a1 closest to the lens 12 and the principal plane of the lens 12 coincides with the focal length f of the lens 12.
- a transmissive optical modulation element is used as each optical modulation element 13ai. A specific example of the light modulation element 13ai will be described later.
- a signal light L2 representing the real space image I2 is input to the light modulation element group 13 .
- the signal light L2 passes through the first optical modulation element 13a1, the second optical modulation element 13a2, . . . , the nth optical modulation element 13an in this order.
- the driver 14 is a configuration for driving the spatial light modulator 11 .
- the driver 14 has an inverse Fourier transform section 14a and a binarization section 14b.
- the inverse Fourier transform unit 14a obtains a wave number space image I1' by inverse Fourier transforming the input image I0.
- the number of gradations of the wavenumber space image I1' is the same as the number of gradations of the input image I0, which is 256, for example.
- the binarization unit 14b obtains a binary wavenumber space image I1 by binarizing the wavenumber space image I1'.
- the driver 14 drives the spatial light modulator 11 so as to generate the signal light L1 representing the binary wavenumber space image I1.
- the lens 12 can be omitted.
- the signal light L1 representing the wavenumber space image I1 is input to the light modulation element group 13 .
- the optical arithmetic device 1 may also include a light source that generates the carrier light L0.
- the optical arithmetic device 1 may include a two-dimensional image sensor that converts the signal light L3 representing the image I3 into an electrical signal representing the image I3.
- the distance between the exit surface of the spatial light modulator 11 and the principal plane of the lens 12 does not need to strictly match the focal length f of the lens 12 .
- the distance between the principal plane of the lens 12 and the incident surface of the light modulation element 13a1 does not need to match the focal length f of the lens 12 exactly. Even if these distances do not exactly match the focal length f of the lens 12, the signal light L2 incident on the light modulation element group 13 will contain a component representing the real space image I2. Therefore, an optical calculation equivalent to the case where these distances exactly match the focal length f of the lens 12 can be performed.
- the optical modulation elements 13a1 to 13an may be integrated.
- n optical diffraction layers formed in a structure that transmits signal light such as dry gel
- a gel that shrinks while maintaining a similar shape by performing dehydration shrinkage for example, a gel used in the Implosion Fabrication method.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the light modulation element 13ai according to this specific example.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the light modulation element 13ai according to this specific example (the portion surrounded by the dotted line in FIG. 2).
- the light modulation element 13ai is composed of a plurality of microcells C whose phase modulation amounts are set independently of each other.
- the signal light phase-modulated in each microcell C interferes with each other, thereby performing a predetermined optical operation (conversion of a two-dimensional intensity distribution according to a predetermined conversion rule).
- the phase modulation amount of each microcell C may be variable or fixed, but is fixed in this specific example.
- microcell refers to a cell with a cell size of less than 10 ⁇ m, for example.
- cell size refers to the square root of the area of a cell. For example, when the planar view shape of the microcell C is square, the cell size of the microcell C is the length of one side of the microcell C. As shown in FIG. The lower limit of the cell size of microcell C is, for example, 1 nm.
- the light modulation element 13ai illustrated in FIG. 2 is composed of 200 ⁇ 200 microcells C arranged in a matrix.
- the plan view shape of each microcell C is a square of 500 nm ⁇ 500 nm
- the plan view shape of the light modulation element 13ai is a square of 100 ⁇ m ⁇ 100 ⁇ m.
- each microcell C is composed of a quadrangular prism-shaped pillar having a square bottom surface with the length of each side equal to the size of the cell.
- the amount of phase modulation of the signal light passing through each microcell C is determined according to the height of the pillars forming the microcell C. FIG. That is, the phase modulation amount of the signal light passing through the microcells C formed by the high pillars is increased, and the phase modulation amount of the signal light passing through the microcells C formed by the low pillars is decreased.
- the setting of the phase modulation amount of each microcell C can be realized using machine learning, for example.
- a model used in this machine learning for example, a model in which the two-dimensional intensity distribution of the signal light input to the optical modulation element 13ai is input and the two-dimensional intensity distribution of the signal light output from the optical modulation element 13ai is output, and a model including the phase modulation amount of each microcell C as a parameter can be used.
- the two-dimensional intensity distribution of signal light input to the optical modulation element 13ai refers to a set of intensity of signal light input to each microcell C constituting the optical modulation element 13ai.
- the two-dimensional intensity distribution of the signal light output from the light modulation element 13ai refers to a set of signal light intensities input to each microcell C constituting the light modulation element 13ai+1 arranged after the light modulation element 13ai, or a set of signal light intensities input to each cell constituting a two-dimensional image sensor arranged after the light modulation element 13ai.
- the light modulation element group 13 is composed of the transmissive light modulation elements 13a1 to 13an, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, the light modulation element group 13 may be composed of reflective light modulation elements 13b1 to 13bn.
- FIG. 4 is a side view showing the configuration of the optical arithmetic device 1A in which the optical modulation element group 13 is composed of reflective optical modulation elements 13b1 to 13bn.
- the signal light L2 is (1) modulated and reflected by the optical modulation element 13b1, (2) modulated and reflected by the optical modulation element 13b2, (3) modulated and reflected by the optical modulation element 13b3, and (4) modulated and reflected by the optical modulation element 13b4 to obtain the signal light L3.
- the optical modulation element 13b1 is arranged so that its center is positioned at the focal point of the lens 12. Therefore, in the optical arithmetic unit 1A, the intensity of the signal light L2 incident on the center of the optical modulation element 13b1 is the same as the intensity of the signal light L2 incident on the center of the optical modulation element 13a1 in the optical arithmetic unit 1A. On the other hand, in the optical arithmetic device 1A, the main surface of the optical modulation element 13b1 is not orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens 12. FIG.
- the intensity of the signal light L2 incident on a point other than the center of the optical modulation element 13b1 is not the same as the intensity of the signal light L2 incident on the corresponding point of the optical modulation element 13a in the optical arithmetic device 1A. Therefore, the intensity distribution of the signal light L2 incident on the light modulation element 13b1 does not represent a precise real space image I2, but an approximate real space image I2'. Therefore, the phase modulation amount of each cell constituting the light modulation elements 13b1 to 13bn is designed so as to perform a desired optical operation when the approximate real space image I2' is incident on the light modulation element 13b1.
- the optical modulation elements 13b1 and 13b3 arranged on the same plane may be integrated.
- the light modulation elements 13b1 and 13b3 may be embedded in a single substrate, or two regions of a single light modulation element may be used as the light modulation elements 13b1 and 13b3. The same can be said for the optical modulation elements 13b2 and 13b4 arranged on the same plane.
- four light diffraction layers formed in a structure that transmits signal light such as dry gel, may be used as the light modulation elements 13b1 to 13b4.
- it is preferable to use a gel that shrinks while maintaining a similar shape by performing dehydration shrinkage for example, a gel used in the Implosion Fabrication method.
- a gel used in the Implosion Fabrication method.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view of the light modulation element 13bi according to this specific example.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a microcell C that constitutes the light modulation element 13bi according to this specific example.
- the light modulation element 13bi is composed of a plurality of microcells C whose phase modulation amounts can be set independently of each other.
- the signal light is incident on the optical modulation element 13bi, the signal light phase-modulated in each microcell C interferes with each other, thereby performing a predetermined optical operation (conversion of two-dimensional intensity distribution according to a predetermined conversion rule).
- the phase modulation amount of each microcell C may be variable or fixed, but is variable in this specific example.
- the light modulation element 13bi illustrated in FIG. 5 is composed of 200 ⁇ 200 microcells C arranged in a matrix.
- the plan view shape of each microcell C is a square of 500 nm ⁇ 500 nm
- the plan view shape of the light modulation element 13bi is a square of 100 ⁇ m ⁇ 100 ⁇ m.
- each microcell C that constitutes the light modulation element 13bi can be composed of a polarizing plate C11, a reflector C12, a first electrode C13, a magnetization free layer C14, an insulating layer C15, a magnetization fixed layer C16, and a second electrode C17.
- the polarizing plate C11 and the reflecting plate C12 are arranged so as to face each other.
- the first electrode C13, the magnetization free layer C14, the insulating layer C15, the magnetization fixed layer C16, and the second electrode C17 are laminated in this order and sandwiched between the polarizer C11 and the reflector C12.
- the stacking direction of the first electrode C13, the magnetization free layer C14, the insulating layer C15, the magnetization fixed layer C16, and the second electrode C17 is orthogonal to the stacking direction of the polarizer C11 and reflector C12.
- the first side surface of the magnetization free layer C14 is in surface contact with one main surface of the polarizing plate C11, and the second side surface of the magnetization free layer C14 facing the first side surface is in surface contact with one main surface of the reflector C12.
- the signal light L (1) enters the magnetization free layer C14 via the polarizer C11, (2) is reflected by the reflector C12, and (3) exits the magnetization free layer C14 via the polarizer C11.
- the magnetization free layer C14 is made of, for example, a conductive and translucent soft magnetic material (eg, CoFeB).
- the magnetization fixed layer C16 is made of, for example, a conductive hard magnetic material (for example, permalloy).
- a polarizing plate is selected that selectively transmits a polarized component whose polarization direction P is parallel to the magnetization direction M of the magnetization fixed layer C16.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a case where the magnetization direction M and the polarization direction P are parallel to both the main surface of the polarizing plate C11 and the main surface of the magnetization fixed layer C16.
- a spin current flow of spin-polarized electrons
- magnetization occurs in the magnetization free layer C14.
- the magnetization generated in the magnetization free layer C14 is magnetization parallel to the magnetization direction M of the magnetization fixed layer C16, that is, magnetization parallel to the polarization direction P of the signal light incident on the magnetization free layer C14 via the polarizing plate C11. Therefore, the phase of the signal light is delayed due to the transverse Kerr effect in the process of propagating through the magnetization free layer C14.
- the phase change amount of the signal light in the cell C is determined according to the magnitude of magnetization generated in the magnetization free layer C14.
- the magnitude of magnetization generated in the magnetization free layer C14 is determined according to the magnitude of the spin current injected into the magnetization free layer C14.
- the magnitude of the spin current injected into the magnetization free layer C14 is determined according to the potential difference applied between the first electrode C13 and the second electrode C17. Therefore, the phase modulation of the cell C can be controlled by controlling the potential difference applied between the first electrode C13 and the second electrode C17.
- the setting of the phase modulation amount of each microcell C can be realized using machine learning, for example.
- a model used in this machine learning for example, a model in which the two-dimensional intensity distribution of the signal light input to the light modulation element 13bi is input and the two-dimensional intensity distribution of the signal light output from the light modulation element 13bi is output, and the model including the phase modulation amount of each microcell C as a parameter can be used.
- the two-dimensional intensity distribution of signal light input to the optical modulation element 13bi refers to a set of intensity of signal light input to each microcell C constituting the optical modulation element 13bi.
- the two-dimensional intensity distribution of the signal light output from the light modulation element 13bi refers to a set of signal light intensities input to each microcell C constituting the light modulation element 13bi+1 arranged after the light modulation element 13bi, or a set of signal light intensities input to each cell constituting a two-dimensional image sensor arranged after the light modulation element 13bi.
- An optical arithmetic device includes a spatial light modulator that binary-modulates carrier light for each cell to generate signal light representing a wavenumber space image, and an optical modulation element group including at least one optical modulation element that sequentially acts on the signal light.
- a spatial light modulator that binary-modulates the carrier light for each cell is used, so high-speed optical calculation can be performed.
- the spatial light modulator generates the signal light representing the wavenumber space image, so the image to be supplied to the spatial light modulator can be generated by binarizing the wavenumber space image. Therefore, loss of information due to binarization can be suppressed compared to the case where the image to be supplied to the modulator is generated by binarizing the real space image. Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to perform high-speed optical calculation while suppressing loss of information due to binarization.
- the optical arithmetic device in addition to the configuration of aspect 1, a configuration is adopted in which a lens that Fourier transforms the signal light is further provided, and the light modulation element group acts on the signal light representing the real space image obtained by the lens.
- the lens is a lens having a positive focal length
- the distance between the output surface of the spatial light modulator and the principal plane of the lens and the distance between the principal plane of the lens and the incident surface of the light modulation element closest to the lens each match the focal length of the lens.
- the optical arithmetic device employs a configuration in which a driver for driving the spatial light modulator further includes an inverse Fourier transform unit that generates a wavenumber space image by performing an inverse Fourier transform on an input image, and a driver that includes a binarization unit that binarizes the wavenumber space image to generate the wavenumber space image.
- the spatial light modulator is DMD (Digital Mirror Device) or FLCOS (Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal On Silicon).
- each light modulation element constituting the light modulation element group is composed of a plurality of microcells whose phase modulation amounts can be set independently of each other.
- each optical modulation element constituting the optical modulation element group is a transmissive optical modulation element.
- signal light representing a real space image can be input to the light modulation element group more accurately than when the light modulation elements are configured using reflective light modulation elements.
- An optical computation method includes the steps of: generating signal light representing a wavenumber space image by binary modulating carrier light for each cell; and performing optical computation by sequentially causing at least one light modulation element to act on the signal light.
- An optical arithmetic device includes a spatial light modulator that binary-modulates carrier light for each cell to generate signal light representing a wavenumber space image, and an optical modulation element group including at least one optical modulation element that sequentially acts on the signal light.
- a spatial light modulator that binary-modulates the carrier light for each cell is used, so high-speed optical calculation can be performed.
- the spatial light modulator generates the signal light representing the wavenumber space image, so the image to be supplied to the spatial light modulator can be generated by binarizing the wavenumber space image. Therefore, loss of information due to binarization can be suppressed compared to the case where the image to be supplied to the modulator is generated by binarizing the real space image. Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to perform high-speed optical calculation while suppressing loss of information due to binarization.
- the optical arithmetic device in addition to the configuration of aspect 1, a configuration is adopted in which a lens that Fourier transforms the signal light is further provided, and the light modulation element group acts on the signal light representing the real space image obtained by the lens.
- the lens is a lens having a positive focal length
- the distance between the output surface of the spatial light modulator and the principal plane of the lens and the distance between the principal plane of the lens and the incident surface of the light modulation element closest to the lens each match the focal length of the lens.
- the optical arithmetic device employs a configuration in which a driver for driving the spatial light modulator further includes an inverse Fourier transform unit that generates a wavenumber space image by performing an inverse Fourier transform on an input image, and a driver that includes a binarization unit that binarizes the wavenumber space image to generate the wavenumber space image.
- the spatial light modulator is DMD (Digital Mirror Device) or FLCOS (Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal On Silicon).
- each light modulation element constituting the light modulation element group is a reflective light modulation element, and is composed of a plurality of microcells whose phase modulation amounts can be set independently of each other.
- each optical modulation element that constitutes the optical modulation element group is a transmissive optical modulation element, and is composed of a plurality of microcells whose phase modulation amounts are set independently of each other.
- signal light representing a real space image can be input to the light modulation element group more accurately than when the light modulation elements are configured using reflective light modulation elements.
- An optical computation method includes the steps of: generating signal light representing a wavenumber space image by binary modulating carrier light for each cell; and performing optical computation by sequentially causing at least one light modulation element to act on the signal light.
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本発明の一実施形態に係る光演算装置1について、図1を参照して説明する。図1は、光演算装置1の構成を示す側面図である。
透過型の光変調素子13aiの具体例について、図2及び図3を参照して説明する。図2は、本具体例に係る光変調素子13aiの平面図である。図3は、本具体例に係る光変調素子13aiの一部(図2において点線で囲んだ部分)を拡大した斜視図である。
光演算装置1において、光変調素子群13は、透過型の光変調素子13a1~13anにより構成されているが、本発明は、これに限定されない。すなわち、光変調素子群13は、反射型の光変調素子13b1~13bnにより構成されていてもよい。
反射型の光変調素子13biの具体例について、図5及び図6を参照して説明する。図5は、本具体例に係る光変調素子13biの平面図である。図6は、本具体例に係る光変調素子13biを構成するマイクロセルCの断面図である。
本発明の態様1に係る光演算装置は、搬送光をセル毎に二値変調することによって波数空間画像を表す信号光を生成する空間光変調器と、前記信号光に順次作用する作用する少なくとも1つの光変調素子からなる光変調素子群と、を備えている。
本発明の態様1に係る光演算装置は、搬送光をセル毎に二値変調することによって波数空間画像を表す信号光を生成する空間光変調器と、前記信号光に順次作用する作用する少なくとも1つの光変調素子からなる光変調素子群と、を備えている。
本発明は上述した実施形態に限定されるものではなく、請求項に示した範囲で種々の変更が可能であり、上述した実施形態に開示された各技術的手段を適宜組み合わせて得られる実施形態についても本発明の技術的範囲に含まれる。
11 空間光変調器
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13 光変調素子群
13a1~13an 光変調素子
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- 搬送光をセル毎に二値変調することによって波数空間画像を表す信号光を生成する空間光変調器と、
前記信号光に順次作用する作用する少なくとも1つの光変調素子からなる光変調素子群と、を備えている、
ことを特徴とする光演算装置。 - 前記信号光をフーリエ変換するレンズを更に備え、
前記光変調素子群は、前記レンズにて得られた、実空間画像を表す信号光に作用する、ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の光演算装置。 - 前記レンズは、正の焦点距離を有するレンズであり、
前記空間光変調器の出射面と前記レンズの主平面との距離、及び、前記レンズの主平面と前記レンズに最も近い光変調素子の入射面との距離は、それぞれ、前記レンズの焦点距離に一致する、
ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の光演算装置。 - 前記空間光変調器を駆動するドライバであって、入力画像を逆フーリエ変換することによって、波数空間画像を生成する逆フーリエ変換部、及び、前記波数空間画像を二値化することによって、前記波数空間画像を生成する二値化部を有するドライバを更に備えている、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~3の何れか一項に記載の光演算装置。 - 前記空間光変調器は、DMD(Digital Mirror Device)又はFLCOS(Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal On Silicon)である、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~4の何れか一項に記載の光演算装置。 - 前記光変調素子群を構成する各光変調素子は、反射型の光変調素子であり、位相変調量が互いに独立に設定可能な複数のマイクロセルにより構成されている、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~5の何れか一項に記載の光演算装置。 - 前記光変調素子群を構成する各光変調素子は、透過型の光変調素子であり、位相変調量が互いに独立に設定された複数のマイクロセルにより構成されている、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~6の何れか一項に記載の光演算装置。 - 搬送光をセル毎に二値変調することによって波数空間画像を表す信号光を生成する工程と、
少なくとも1つの光変調素子を前記信号光に順次作用させることによって光演算を行う工程と、を含んでいる、
ことを特徴とする光演算方法。
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