Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 30 Jan 2019 |
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Keywords
- semiconductor lasers
- vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
- neuromorphic photonic systems
- photonic spiking processing
- photonic neurons
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Electrically-controlled neuron-like spiking regimes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers at ultrafast rates. / Robertson, Joshua; Hurtado, Antonio; Wade, Ewan.
In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 30.01.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Electrically-controlled neuron-like spiking regimes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers at ultrafast rates
AU - Robertson, Joshua
AU - Hurtado, Antonio
AU - Wade, Ewan
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PY - 2019/1/30
Y1 - 2019/1/30
N2 - We report experimentally on the electrically-controlled, tunable and repeatable neuron-like spiking regimes generated in an optically-injected vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) operating at the telecom wavelength of 1300 nm. These fast spiking dynamics (obtained at sub-nanosecond speed rates) demonstrate different behaviours observed in biological neurons such as thresholding, phasic and tonic spiking and spike rate and spike latency coding. The spiking regimes are activated in response to external stimuli (with controlled strengths and temporal duration) encoded in the bias current applied to a VCSEL subject to continuous wave (CW) optical injection (OI). These results reveal the prospect for fast (>7 orders of magnitude faster than neurons), novel, electrically-controlled spiking photonic modules for future neuromorphic computing platforms.
AB - We report experimentally on the electrically-controlled, tunable and repeatable neuron-like spiking regimes generated in an optically-injected vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) operating at the telecom wavelength of 1300 nm. These fast spiking dynamics (obtained at sub-nanosecond speed rates) demonstrate different behaviours observed in biological neurons such as thresholding, phasic and tonic spiking and spike rate and spike latency coding. The spiking regimes are activated in response to external stimuli (with controlled strengths and temporal duration) encoded in the bias current applied to a VCSEL subject to continuous wave (CW) optical injection (OI). These results reveal the prospect for fast (>7 orders of magnitude faster than neurons), novel, electrically-controlled spiking photonic modules for future neuromorphic computing platforms.
KW - semiconductor lasers
KW - vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
KW - neuromorphic photonic systems
KW - photonic spiking processing
KW - photonic neurons
M3 - Article
JO - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
SN - 1077-260X
ER -