Title :
Semiconductor ring lasers as optical neurons
Author :
Gelens, L. ; Coomans, W. ; Mashal, L. ; Beri, S. ; Van der Sande, G. ; Danckaert, J. ; Verschaffelt, G.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Res. Group, Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
Pulses emitted by an excitable (asymmetric) semiconductor ring laser are experimentally and theoretically characterized. We numerically show that it is possible to mimic neural functionality by considering them in a coupled configuration.
Keywords :
optical neural nets; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; coupled configuration; neural functionality; optical neurons; semiconductor ring lasers; Couplings; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Mathematical model; Optical pulses; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358695
