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PubMed: 39910048 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56522-5

Deep empirical neural network for optical phase retrieval over a scattering medium.

Nat Commun 16(1):1369

Authors: Huaisheng Tu, Haotian Liu, Tuqiang Pan, Wuping Xie, Zihao Ma, Fan Zhang, Pengbai Xu, Leiming Wu, Ou Xu, Yi Xu, Yuwen Qin

Affiliations

  • Key Laboratory of Photonic Technology for Integrated Sensing and Communication, Ministry of Education, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Institute of Advanced Photonic Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
  • Key Laboratory of Photonic Technology for Integrated Sensing and Communication, Ministry of Education, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
  • Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
  • School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
  • Institute of Advanced Photonic Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
  • Key Laboratory of Photonic Technology for Integrated Sensing and Communication, Ministry of Education, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Institute of Advanced Photonic Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.

Abstract

Supervised learning, a popular tool in modern science and technology, thrives on huge amounts of labeled data. Physics-enhanced deep neural networks offer an effective solution to alleviate the data burden by incorporating an analytical model that interprets the underlying physical processes. However, it completely fails in tackling systems without analytical solution, where wave scattering systems with multiple input multiple output are typical examples. Herein, we propose a concept of deep empirical neural network (DENN) that is a hybridization of a deep neural network and an empirical model, which enables seeing through an opaque scattering medium in an untrained manner. The DENN does not rely on labeled data, all while delivering as high as 58% improvement in fidelity compared with the supervised learning using 30000 data pairs for achieving the same goal of optical phase retrieval. The DENN might shed new light on the applications of deep learning in physics, information science, biology, chemistry and beyond.

MeSH

Biological Science Disciplines, Solutions, Learning