Title :
An optical delayline based on excitable microrings
Author :
Van Vaerenbergh, Thomas ; Fiers, Martin ; Dambre, Joni ; Bienstman, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We present in simulation a photonic neural circuit achieving a 200 ns spike delay, based on excitability in microrings. This type of delayline paves the way towards fully integrated optical spiking neural networks.
Keywords :
integrated optics; micro-optics; neural nets; optical delay lines; excitable microrings; neural networks; optical delayline; optical spiking; photonic neural circuit; spike delay; Delay lines; Delays; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995240
