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Reaching the optical propagation limit in temporal analog computing

  • Zeki Hayran
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Abstract

A central goal of optical computing is to perform calculations on the timescale of light propagation. Yet many analog photonic solvers require feedback, storage or field build-up before the answer becomes available, introducing additional latency that limits real-time operation. Here we introduce the concept of two-time modulation for temporal analog computing, in which the material response is independently modulated along two temporal directions, allowing the computational operator to be constructed continuously as the waveform propagates. The solution can therefore form during optical transit, without an additional solution-formation timescale. This form of temporal control allows identical copies of a waveform separated only in time to reach entirely different target outputs within a single spatial channel, and enables nonlocal integral-equation solving in a single passage. The resulting framework brings compact, programmable, real-time analog computation within reach for ultrafast optical information processing.

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@misc{hayran2026reaching,
  title = {{Reaching the optical propagation limit in temporal analog computing}},
  author = {Zeki Hayran},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.01178},
  eprint = {2609.01178},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.01178},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Reaching the optical propagation limit in temporal analog computing
AU  - Zeki Hayran
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/03
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DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.01178
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.01178
AB  - A central goal of optical computing is to perform calculations on the timescale of light propagation. Yet many analog photonic solvers require feedback, storage or field build-up before the answer becomes available, introducing additional latency that limits real-time operation. Here we introduce the concept of two-time modulation for temporal analog computing, in which the material response is independently modulated along two temporal directions, allowing the computational operator to be constructed continuously as the waveform propagates. The solution can therefore form during optical transit, without an additional solution-formation timescale. This form of temporal control allows identical copies of a waveform separated only in time to reach entirely different target outputs within a single spatial channel, and enables nonlocal integral-equation solving in a single passage. The resulting framework brings compact, programmable, real-time analog computation within reach for ultrafast optical information processing.
ER  -