Photonic neuromorphic computing using vertical cavity semiconductor lasers

A Skalli, J Robertson, D Owen-Newns… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Photonic realizations of neural network computing hardware are a promising approach to
enable future scalability of neuromorphic computing. The number of special purpose …

Ultrafast optical integration and pattern classification for neuromorphic photonics based on spiking VCSEL neurons

J Robertson, M Hejda, J Bueno, A Hurtado - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In today's data-driven world, the ability to process large data volumes is crucial. Key tasks,
such as pattern recognition and image classification, are well suited for artificial neural …

Toward neuromorphic photonic networks of ultrafast spiking laser neurons

J Robertson, E Wade, Y Kopp, J Bueno… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on ultrafast artificial laser neurons and on their potentials for future neuromorphic
(brainlike) photonic information processing systems. We introduce our recent and ongoing …

All-optical neuromorphic binary convolution with a spiking VCSEL neuron for image gradient magnitudes

Y Zhang, J Robertson, S **ang, M Hejda… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
All-optical binary convolution with a photonic spiking vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
(VCSEL) neuron is proposed and demonstrated experimentally for the first time, to the best …

Image edge detection with a photonic spiking VCSEL-neuron

J Robertson, Y Zhang, M Hejda, J Bueno, S **ang… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We report both experimentally and in theory on the detection of edge features in digital
images with an artificial optical spiking neuron based on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting …

What models and tools can contribute to a better understanding of brain activity?

M Goodfellow, RG Andrzejak, C Masoller… - Frontiers in Network …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite impressive scientific advances in understanding the structure and function of the
human brain, big challenges remain. A deep understanding of healthy and aberrant brain …

Nanolasers with feedback as low-coherence illumination sources for speckle-free imaging: A numerical analysis of the superthermal emission regime

T Wang, C Jiang, J Zou, J Yang, K Xu, C **, G Wang… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lasers distinguish themselves for the high coherence and high brightness of their radiation,
features which have been exploited both in fundamental research and a broad range of …

Experimental demonstration of pyramidal neuron-like dynamics dominated by dendritic action potentials based on a VCSEL for all-optical XOR classification task

Y Zhang, S **ang, X Cao, S Zhao, X Guo, A Wen… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally and numerically demonstrate an approach to optically reproduce a
pyramidal neuron-like dynamics dominated by dendritic Ca^ 2+ action potentials (dCaAPs) …

Frequency-switched photonic spiking neurons

Y Lu, W Zhang, B Fu, Z He - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We propose an approach to generate neuron-like spikes of vertical-cavity surface-emitting
laser (VCSEL) by multi-frequency switching. A stable temporal spiking sequence has been …

Predicting attractor characteristics using Lyapunov exponents in a laser with injected signal

DK Bandy, EKT Burton, JR Hall… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Coexisting attractors are studied in a single-mode coherent model of a laser with an injected
signal. We report that every attractor has a unique Lyapunov exponent (LE) pattern that is …