Frontiers in Physics (Nov 2022)

All optical Q-switched laser based spiking neuron

  • Keshia Mekemeza-Ona,
  • Baptiste Routier,
  • Benoît Charbonnier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.1017714
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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This paper studies theoretically the use of a Q-switch laser with side light injection as a spiking all-optical neuron for photonic spiking neural networks (PSNN). Ordinary differential equations for the multi-section laser are presented, including terms for the side light injection for gain quenching and saturable absorption. The behaviour of the laser mimics that of a spiking neuron with ultrafast pico-second scale response and low power control signals.

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