Photonic processing systems and methods

• Main Authors: BUNANDAR, DARIUS, RAMEY, CARL, HARRIS, NICHOLAS C
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 11.10.2023
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CALCULATING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL; CODING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DECODING; ELECTRICITY; OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICES; PHYSICS

Aspects relate to a photonic processing system, a photonic processor, and a method of performing matrix-vector multiplication. An optical encoder may encode an input vector into a first plurality of optical signals. A photonic processor may receive the first plurality of optical signals; perform a plurality of operations on the first plurality of optical signals, the plurality of operations implementing a matrix multiplication of the input vector by a matrix; and output a second plurality of optical signals representing an output vector. An optical receiver may detect the second plurality of optical signals and output an electrical digital representation of the output vector.