Ultrafast emulation of retinal neuronal circuits with artificial VCSEL optical neurons

Joshua Robertson; Ewan Wade; Antonio Hurtado

doi:10.1109/IPCon.2019.8908359

Ultrafast emulation of retinal neuronal circuits with artificial VCSEL optical neurons

Joshua Robertson, Ewan Wade, Antonio Hurtado

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Abstract

Biological retinal neuronal circuits are emulated using a system of connected 1550 nm Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL)-neurons. Spiking and non-spiking neuronal responses are reproduced at ultrafast speed (>7 orders of magnitude faster than neurons) with prospects for novel brain-inspired computing platforms and Artificial Intelligence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-0615-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCon.2019.8908359
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2019
Event	IEEE Photonics Conference 2019 - San Antonio, United States Duration: 29 Sept 2019 → 3 Oct 2019

Conference

Conference	IEEE Photonics Conference 2019
Abbreviated title	IPC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio
Period	29/09/19 → 3/10/19

Keywords

neuromorphic Photonics
VCSELs
laser dynamics

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BRAIN-inspired networks of ultrafast LASER neurons
Hurtado, A. (Principal Investigator)
Office of Naval Research ONR
10/11/17 → 9/11/21
Project: Research
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Robertson, Joshua
Hurtado, A. (Principal Investigator), Strain, M. (Co-investigator) & Robertson, J. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/17 → 26/04/23
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated

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Ultrafast emulation of retinal neuronal circuits with artificial VCSEL optical neurons

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BRAIN-inspired networks of ultrafast LASER neurons

Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Robertson, Joshua

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