Inverse-designed low-index-contrast structures on silicon photonics platform for vector-matrix multiplication · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2302.00793/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTInverse-designed low-index-contrast structures on silicon photonics platform for vector-matrix multiplication — mentioned by curtisfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39408351urn:hackerpapers:mention:2302.00793:39408351Sat, 17 Feb 2024 10:58:07 GMT<p>The Nature Photonics article can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01394-2 This appears to be the same paper published on arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.00793 The abstract describes the actual problem that these photonic chips solve: &gt; We designed and experimentally demonstrated a vector–matrix product for a 2 × 2 matrix and a 3 × 3 matrix. We also designed a 10 × 10 matrix using the proposed 2D computational method. These examples demonstrate that these techniques have the potential to enable larger-scale wave-based analogue computing platforms. It appears the main…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2302.00793/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.optics