Hi there 👋 I'm Yichen Sun

Researcher | Image Fusion | Diffractive Deep Neural Networks | Robotics Intelligence

I am a researcher focusing on:

• Infrared and Visible Image Fusion
• Multimodal Image Processing
• Mamba / KAN-based Lightweight Vision Models
• Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D²NN)
• Optical Computing and Intelligent Perception

My recent work mainly explores efficient and high-performance multimodal fusion frameworks, illumination-aware modeling, heterogeneous feature learning, and all-optical neural network design.

1. Yichen Sun, et al.
   An Innovative Optimization Strategy Based on Mamba and Generative Adversarial Networks for Efficient and High-Performance Multimodal Image Fusion
   Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), 2025
   📄 Paper | 💻 Code

2. Yichen Sun, et al.
   HAIAFusion: A Hybrid Attention Illumination-Aware Framework for Infrared and Visible Image Fusion
   IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), 2025
   📄 Paper | 💻 Code

3. Yichen Sun, et al.
   Rethinking the approach to lightweight multi-branch heterogeneous image fusion frameworks: Infrared and visible image fusion via the parallel Mamba-KAN framework
   Optics & Laser Technology, 2025
   📄 Paper | 💻 Code

4. Yichen Sun, et al.
   MBHFuse: A multi-branch heterogeneous global and local infrared and visible image fusion with differential convolutional amplification features
   Optics & Laser Technology, 2024
   📄 Paper | 💻 Code

5. Yichen Sun, et al.
   2bit nonlinear diffractive deep neural network (2bit ND2NN): A quantized nonlinear all-optical diffractive deep neural network implementation
   Optics & Laser Technology, 2024
   📄 Paper

6. Yichen Sun, et al.
   A deep-learning-based GPS signal spoofing detection method for small UAVs
   Drones, 2023
   📄 Paper | 💻 Code

7. Yichen Sun, et al.
   Review of diffractive deep neural networks
   Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2023
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8. Yichen Sun, et al.
   A method to improve the computational performance of nonlinear all-optical diffractive deep neural network model
   International Journal of Optomechatronics, 2023
   📄 Paper

9. Yichen Sun, et al.
   Modeling and simulation of all-optical diffractive neural network based on nonlinear optical materials
   Optics Letters, 2021
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10. Yichen Sun, et al.
    Nonlinear All-Optical Diffractive Deep Neural Network with 10.6 μm Wavelength for Image Classification
    International Journal of Optics, 2021
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• Multimodal image fusion with Mamba-based architectures
• Lightweight fusion frameworks with parallel Mamba-KAN design
• Hybrid attention and illumination-aware modeling
• Quantized nonlinear all-optical diffractive neural networks
• Intelligent perception for robotics and UAV applications

Building efficient, robust, and interpretable multimodal perception frameworks for next-generation intelligent systems.

• Name: Yichen Sun
• Research Areas: Image Fusion, D²NN, Intelligent Perception
• GitHub: sunyichen1994

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