• DocumentCode
    1768014
  • Title

    Controlled Single- and Multiple-Pulse Excitability in VCSELs for Novel Spiking Photonic Neurons

  • Author

    Al-Seyab, R. ; Henning, I.D. ; Adams, M.J. ; Hurtado, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    7-10 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    165
  • Lastpage
    166
  • Abstract
    Excitability in VCSELs under parallel- and orthogonally-polarized optical injection is investigated numerically. Controlled single- and multiple-pulse excitability is found for the two polarizations offering prospects for novel VCSEL-based ultrafast spiking photonic neurons.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical neural nets; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL-based ultrafast spiking photonic neurons; controlled single-pulse excitability; multiple-pulse excitability; orthogonally-polarized optical injection; parallel-polarized optical injection; Firing; Laser excitation; Neurons; Optical polarization; Photonics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2014 International
  • Conference_Location
    Palma de Mallorca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5721-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISLC.2014.215
  • Filename
    6987502