Recovering topological information of light by topological learning
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arXiv:2609.06542v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The evolution of modern-day communication networks towards optical solutions with enhanced capacity and robustness is driving interest in topological light waves, exploiting their stability against perturbations through a topological invariant, e.g., the skyrmion number. However, detecting the underlying topology remains a computationally intense process even under ideal conditions, becoming intractable after passing through strongly disordered channels, where the degradation into unrecognisable speckle appears to destroy the topology. Here, we
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- arXiv:2609.06542v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The evolution of modern-day communication networks towards optical solutions with enhanced capacity and robustness is driving interest in topological light waves, exploiting their stability against perturbations through a topological invariant, e.g., the skyrmion number.
- However, detecting the underlying topology remains a computationally intense process even under ideal conditions, becoming intractable after passing through strongly disordered channels, where the degradation into unrecognisable speckle appears to destroy the topology.
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