Optical-electronic Integrated Neural Co-processor takes vital part in optical neural network, which is mainly realized by optical interconnects. Because of the accuracy requirement and long-term goal of integration, optical interconnects should be effective and pint-size. In traditional solutions of optical interconnects, holography built on crystalloid or law of Fresnel diffraction exploited on zone plate was used. However, holographic method cannot meet the efficiency requirement and zone plate is too bulk to make the optical neural unit miniaturization. Thus, this paper aims to find a way to replace holographic method or zone plate with enough diffraction efficiency and smaller size. Metasurfaces are composed of subwavelength-spaced phase shifters at an interface of medium. Metasurfaces allow for unprecedented control of light properties. They also have advanced optical technology of enabling versatile functionalities in a planar structure. In this paper, a nanostructure is presented for optical interconnects. The comparisons of light splitting ability and simulated crosstalk between nanostructure and zone plate are also made.
Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are the most common photoelectric conversion apparatus used as photon counters. Because of the sensitivity of the PMTs to the interference, calibration is necessary during the application of the PMTs. Traditional solutions for calibration are either based on the inverse square law of illumination, or using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as standard light sources. However, rigid experimental techniques are required for these solutions. And the emission spectrum of LEDs does not cover the entire spectrum of detection. In this paper, a calibration method is presented by using a customized standard light source which can provide full spectrum of weak light from the dark count level to the saturation level of the PMTs. The photon counter in a light-shielding cavity is connected, via an optical fiber, to the customized standard light source attached with an intensity detector. The calibration process is discussed and experimental results with chemical reference substance are also presented for comparison.
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