Analog nanophotonic computing going practical: silicon photonic deep learning engines for tiled optical matrix multiplication with dynamic precision

G Giamougiannis, A Tsakyridis, M Moralis-Pegios… - …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Analog photonic computing comprises a promising candidate for accelerating the linear
operations of deep neural networks (DNNs), since it provides ultrahigh bandwidth, low …

Programmable tanh-, elu-, sigmoid-, and sin-based nonlinear activation functions for neuromorphic photonics

C Pappas, S Kovaios, M Moralis-Pegios… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a programmable analog opto-electronic (OE) circuit that can be configured
to provide a range of nonlinear activation functions for incoherent neuromorphic photonic …

Neuromorphic silicon photonics with 50 GHz tiled matrix multiplication for deep-learning applications

G Giamougiannis, A Tsakyridis… - Advanced …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The explosive volume growth of deep-learning (DL) applications has triggered an era in
computing, with neuromorphic photonic platforms promising to merge ultra-high speed and …

Perfect linear optics using silicon photonics

M Moralis-Pegios, G Giamougiannis… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recently there has been growing interest in using photonics to perform the linear algebra
operations of neuromorphic and quantum computing applications, aiming at harnessing …

Photonic neural networks and optics-informed deep learning fundamentals

A Tsakyridis, M Moralis-Pegios, G Giamougiannis… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The recent explosive compute growth, mainly fueled by the boost of artificial intelligence (AI)
and deep neural networks (DNNs), is currently instigating the demand for a novel computing …

Mixed-precision quantization-aware training for photonic neural networks

M Kirtas, N Passalis, A Oikonomou… - Neural Computing and …, 2023 - Springer
The energy demanding nature of deep learning (DL) has fueled the immense attention for
neuromorphic architectures due to their ability to operate in a very high frequencies in a very …

Programmable Tanh-and ELU-based photonic neurons in optics-informed neural networks

S Kovaios, C Pappas, M Moralis-Pegios… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate an integrated opto-electronic (ΟΕ) device that can be programmed to
provide a set of nonlinear activation functions (AFs) and present its operation within …

Integrated photonic neuromorphic computing: opportunities and challenges

N Farmakidis, B Dong, H Bhaskaran - Nature Reviews Electrical …, 2024 - nature.com
Using photons in lieu of electrons to process information has been an exciting technological
prospect for decades. Optical computing is gaining renewed enthusiasm, owing to the …

Harnessing a silicon carbide nanowire photoelectric synaptic device for novel visual adaptation spiking neural networks

Z Feng, S Yuan, J Zou, Z Wu, X Li, W Guo, S Tan… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Visual adaptation is essential for optimizing the image quality and sensitivity of artificial
vision systems in real-world lighting conditions. However, additional modules, leading to …

Silicon integrated photonic-electronic neuron for noise-resilient deep learning

I Roumpos, L De Marinis, S Kovaios, PS Kincaid… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents an experimental demonstration of the photonic segment of a photonic-
electronic multiply accumulate neuron (PEMAN) architecture, employing a silicon photonic …