Title :
Exploring excitability in graphene for spike processing networks
Author :
Shastri, Bhavin J. ; Nahmias, Mitchell A. ; Tait, Alexander N. ; Yue Tian ; Fok, Mable P. ; Chang, Matthew P. ; Ben Wu ; Prucnal, Paul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose a novel excitable laser employing passively Q-switching with a graphene saturable absorber for spike processing networks. Our approach combines the picosecond processing and switching capabilities of both linear and nonlinear optical device technologies to integrate both analog and digital optical processing into a single hardware architecture capable of ultrafast computation without the need for analog-to-digital conversion.
Keywords :
Q-switching; graphene; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical information processing; optical saturable absorption; C; analog-to-digital conversion; digital optical processing; graphene saturable absorber; integrated optics; linear-nonlinear optical device technology; novel excitable laser; passively Q-switching; picosecond processing; single hardware architecture; spike processing networks; ultrafast computation; Biomedical optical imaging; Cavity resonators; Graphene; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2013 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6309-9
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2013.6633135
