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Volume 1 Issue 8, August 2021

Machine learning with scalable optical computing

Optical computing offers advantages such as high-speed calculations and relatively low energy consumption. However, nonlinear information processing with optics still remains a challenging task. In this issue, Uğur Teğin et al. demonstrates a scalable and energy-efficient optical computing framework to perform machine learning tasks with optical fibers. The reported optical computing method substantially reduces the energy cost while maintaining comparable accuracy with its digital counterparts.

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