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Deeplearning algorithms are revolutionising many aspects of modern life. Typically, they are implemented in CMOS-based hardware with severely limited memory access times and inefficient data-routing. All-optical neural networks without any…

The rapid scaling of deep neural networks comes at the cost of unsustainable power consumption. While optical neural networks offer an alternative, their capabilities remain constrained by the lack of efficient optical nonlinearities. To…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-06 Qingyi Zhou , Jungmin Kim , Yutian Tao , Guoming Huang , Ming Zhou , Zewei Shao , Zongfu Yu

The increasing complexity of neural networks and the energy consumption associated with training and inference create a need for alternative neuromorphic approaches, e.g. using optics. Current proposals and implementations rely on physical…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-31 Clara C. Wanjura , Florian Marquardt

Optical neural networks promise ultrafast, low-energy information processing by performing computation directly with photons. Current implementations, however, are largely restricted to steady-state operation and rely on high-latency…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Jiande Cao , Yexiong Zeng , Franco Nori , Ze-Liang Xiang

Inverse-designed nanophotonic devices offer promising solutions for analog optical computation. High-density photonic integration is critical for scaling such architectures toward more complex computational tasks and large-scale…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-09 Joel Sved , Shijie Song , Liwei Li , George Li , Debin Meng , Xiaoke Yi

An optical neural network is proposed and demonstrated with programmable matrix transformation and nonlinear activation function of photodetection (square-law detection). Based on discrete phase-coherent spatial modes, the dimensionality of…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-20 Shikang Li , Baohua Ni , Xue Feng , Kaiyu Cui , Fang Liu , Wei Zhang , Yidong Huang

Photonic neural networks perform brain-inspired computations using photons instead of electrons that can achieve substantially improved computing performance. However, existing architectures can only handle data with regular structures,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Tao Yan , Rui Yang , Ziyang Zheng , Xing Lin , Hongkai Xiong , Qionghai Dai

Neuromorphic Computing implemented in photonic hardware is one of the most promising routes towards achieving machine learning processing at the picosecond scale, with minimum power consumption. In this work, we present a new concept for…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-11-01 K. Sozos , A. Bogris , P. Bienstman , G. Sarantoglou , S. Deligiannidis , C. Mesaritakis

A computer's clock rate ultimately determines the minimum time between sequential operations or instructions. Despite exponential advances in electronic computer performance owing to Moore's Law and increasingly parallel system…

Integrated photonic neural networks (PNNs) have demonstrated significant potential to complement the digital electronic counterparts [1-3]. Nevertheless, robust and repeatable performance of scalable integrated PNNs is directly tied to the…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-18 Farshid Ashtiani , Mohamad Hossein Idjadi , Kwangwoong Kim

Neural networks find widespread use in scientific and technological applications, yet their implementations in conventional computers have encountered bottlenecks due to ever-expanding computational needs. Photonic neuromorphic hardware,…

Neuromorphic photonic computing represents a paradigm shift for next-generation machine intelligence, yet critical gaps persist in emulating the brain's event-driven, asynchronous dynamics,a fundamental barrier to unlocking its full…

The threads of photonics are eagerly awaited to redefine the future of neuromorphic data processing, especially as the computing-intensive artificial intelligence models become an unavoidable part of our everyday lives. Still, there is much…

With its unique parallel processing capability, optical neural network has shown low-power consumption in image recognition and speech processing. At present, the manufacturing technology of programmable photonic chip is not mature, and the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Qiuhao Wu , Jia Liu , Xiubao Sui , Liping Wang , Qian Chen

All-optical diffractive neural networks (DNNs) offer a promising alternative to electronics-based neural network processing due to their low latency, high throughput, and inherent spatial parallelism. However, the lack of reconfigurability…

Optical neural networks offer a route to low-latency and energy-efficient inference by encoding computation in light propagation. However, most existing implementations rely on planar photonic circuits or discretely spaced diffractive…

Photonic neural networks are brain-inspired information processing technology using photons instead of electrons to perform artificial intelligence (AI) tasks. However, existing architectures are designed for a single task but fail to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Zhengyang Duan , Hang Chen , Xing Lin

Linear and nonlinear distortions in optical communication signals are equalized using an integrated feed-forward Photonic Neural Network (PNN). The PNN is based on a linear stage made of an 8-tap Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter,…

All-optical neural networks (AONNs) promise transformative gains in speed and energy efficiency for artificial intelligence (AI) by leveraging the intrinsic parallelism and wave nature of light. However, their scalability has been…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-09 Ruben Canora , Xinzhe Xu , Ziqi Niu , Hadiseh Alaeian , Shengwang Du

Optical neural networks (ONNs) have been developed to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency in machine learning by leveraging optical devices for nonlinear activation and establishing connections among neurons. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Chuanzhou Zhu , Tianyu Wang , Peter L. McMahon , Daniel Soh