Prospects and applications of photonic neural networks

• Published in: Advances in physics: X Vol. 7; no. 1
• Main Authors: Huang, Chaoran, Sorger, Volker J., Miscuglio, Mario, Al-Qadasi, Mohammed, Mukherjee, Avilash, Lampe, Lutz, Nichols, Mitchell, Tait, Alexander N., Ferreira de Lima, Thomas, Marquez, Bicky A., Wang, Jiahui, Chrostowski, Lukas, Fok, Mable P., Brunner, Daniel, Fan, Shanhui, Shekhar, Sudip, Prucnal, Paul R., Shastri, Bhavin J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.01.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Acceleration; Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Bandwidths; Brain; Computer engineering; Computers; Digital computers; Free space optics; Machine learning; Microprocessors; Neural networks; Neuromorphic computing; neuromorphic photonics; Nonlinear programming; Parallel processing; Photonic neural networks; Photonics; Physics; Signal processing; silicon photonics; Synapses

Neural networks have enabled applications in artificial intelligence through machine learning, and neuromorphic computing. Software implementations of neural networks on conventional computers that have separate memory and processor (and that operate sequentially) are limited in speed and energy eff...