Tunable band-stop photodetection with machine learning-enabled broadband spectral adaptation
摘要
Unpredictable light pollution such as glare, laser beams and light-emitting diode sources poses a major challenge to machine vision systems in autonomous driving and humanoid robotics, where reliability is essential for safety and efficiency. Here we introduce a machine learning-based tunable band-stop photodetector that combines a bio-inspired visual perception strategy with a band-stop centre wavelength dynamically defined by a bias-controlled operating point (Vt). A deep learning model within an incremental learning framework maps incident spectral features to optimal voltage settings, enabling continuous self-calibration under rapidly varying illumination. The machine learning-based tunable band-stop photodetector spans the visible-to-infrared range and achieves an extinction ratio of ~43 dB between target and interference signals. In simulated autonomous driving scenarios with severe light contamination, the system improves multitarget recognition accuracy from about 60% for conventional broadband photodetectors to more than 92%, enabling robust operation in uncontrolled and light-polluted environments.