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
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