Title :
VCSELs for neuronal dynamics emulation
Author :
Hurtado, A. ; Schires, K. ; Henning, I.D. ; Adams, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
We report a novel approach based upon Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) to reproduce a wide range of dynamics observed in biological neurons on a much faster time scale.
Keywords :
optical neural nets; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; biological neuron; neuronal dynamics emulation; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Biomedical optical imaging; Neurons; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358587
