no code implementations • 1 May 2023 • MatĚJ Hejda, Eli A. Doris, Simon Bilodeau, Joshua Robertson, Dafydd Owen-Newns, Bhavin J. Shastri, Paul R. Prucnal, Antonio Hurtado
Spiking neurons and neural networks constitute a fundamental building block for brain-inspired computing, which is posed to benefit significantly from photonic hardware implementations.
no code implementations • 23 Apr 2023 • Qusay Raghib Ali Al-Taai, MatĚJ Hejda, Weikang Zhang, Bruno Romeira, José M. L. Figueiredo, Edward Wasige, Antonio Hurtado
This work reports a nanostructure resonant tunnelling diode-photodetector (RTD-PD) device and demonstrates its operation as a controllable, optically-triggered excitable spike generator.
no code implementations • 22 Jun 2022 • MatĚJ Hejda, Ekaterina Malysheva, Dafydd Owen-Newns, Qusay Raghib Ali Al-Taai, Weikang Zhang, Ignacio Ortega-Piwonka, Julien Javaloyes, Edward Wasige, Victor Dolores-Calzadilla, José M. L. Figueiredo, Bruno Romeira, Antonio Hurtado
Furthermore, we also investigate in theory the prospects of the proposed system for its nanophotonic implementation with a monolithic design combining a nanoscale RTD element and a nanolaser; therefore demonstrating the potential of integrated RTD-based excitable nodes for low footprint, high-speed optoelectronic spiking neurons in future neuromorphic photonic hardware.
no code implementations • 14 Jul 2021 • MatĚJ Hejda, Juan Arturo Alanis, Ignacio Ortega-Piwonka, João Lourenço, José Figueiredo, Julien Javaloyes, Bruno Romeira, Antonio Hurtado
In this work, we introduce an optoelectronic spiking artificial neuron capable of operating at ultrafast rates ($\approx$ 100 ps/optical spike) and with low energy consumption ($<$ pJ/spike).
no code implementations • 9 Nov 2020 • YaHui Zhang, Joshua Robertson, Shuiying Xiang, MatĚJ Hejda, JuliÁn Bueno, Antonio Hurtado
All-optical binary convolution with a photonic spiking vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) neuron is proposed and demonstrated experimentally for the first time.
no code implementations • 26 May 2019 • Roberto Arroyo, Javier Tovar, Francisco J. Delgado, Emilio J. Almazán, Diego G. Serrador, Antonio Hurtado
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