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Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly pushing the limits of contemporary computing hardware. For example, training GPT-3 has been estimated to consume around 1300 MWh of electricity, and projections suggest future models may require…

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Photonic Neural Network implementations have been gaining considerable attention as a potentially disruptive future technology. Demonstrating learning in large scale neural networks is essential to establish photonic machine learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-13 Julian Bueno , Sheler Maktoobi , Luc Froehly , Ingo Fischer , Maxime Jacquot , Laurent Larger , Daniel Brunner

High-speed signal processing is essential for maximizing data throughput in emerging communication applications, like multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and radio-frequency (RF) interference cancellation. However, as these…

Integrated photonic reservoir computing has been demonstrated to be able to tackle different problems because of its neural network nature. A key advantage of photonic reservoir computing over other neuromorphic paradigms is its…

We introduce a novel parameterization of complex unitary matrices, which allows for the efficient photonic implementation of arbitrary linear discrete unitary operators. The proposed architecture is built on factorizing an $N \times N$…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-17 Matthew Markowitz , Mohammad-Ali Miri

Photonics is a promising technology to accelerate Deep Neural Networks as it can use optical interconnects to reduce data movement energy and it enables low-energy, high-throughput optical-analog computations. To realize these benefits in a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Tanner Andrulis , Gohar Irfan Chaudhry , Vinith M. Suriyakumar , Joel S. Emer , Vivienne Sze

Generations of technologies with fundamentally new information processing capabilities will emerge if microscopic physical systems can be controlled to encode, transmit, and process quantum information, at scale and with high fidelity. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 Jianwei Wang , Fabio Sciarrino , Anthony Laing , Mark G. Thompson

Computational hardware designed to mimic biological neural networks holds the promise to resolve the drastically growing global energy demand of artificial intelligence. A wide variety of hardware concepts have been proposed, and among…

Photonics can offer a hardware-native route for machine learning (ML). However, efficient deployment of photonics-enhanced ML requires hybrid workflows that integrate optical processing with conventional CPU/GPU based neural network…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-18 Yuan Wang , Oleksandr Kyriienko

Single photons provide excellent quantum information carriers, but current schemes for preparing, processing and measuring them are inefficient. For example, down-conversion provides heralded, but randomly timed single photons, while…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-07 N. K. Langford , S. Ramelow , R. Prevedel , W. J. Munro , G. J. Milburn , A. Zeilinger

Advances in quantum technologies are accelerating the demand for optical quantum state sensors that combine high precision, versatility, and scalability within a unified hardware platform. Quantum reservoir computing offers a powerful route…

Artificial Neural Networks are computational network models inspired by signal processing in the brain. These models have dramatically improved the performance of many learning tasks, including speech and object recognition. However,…

Brain-inspired computing concepts like artificial neural networks have become promising alternatives to classical von Neumann computer architectures. Photonic neural networks target the realizations of neurons, network connections and…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-11-24 T. Heuser , M. Pflüger , I. Fischer , J. A. Lott , D. Brunner , S. Reitzenstein

Neuromorphic processors improve the efficiency of machine learning algorithms through the implementation of physical artificial neurons to perform computations. However, whilst efficient classical neuromorphic processors have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Sam Nerenberg , Oliver D. Neill , Giulia Marcucci , Daniele Faccio

Networks of coupled nonlinear optical resonators have emerged as an important class of systems in ultrafast optical science, enabling richer and more complex nonlinear dynamics compared to their single-resonator or travelling-wave…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-14 Gordon Li , Alireza Marandi

Photonic computing chips have made significant progress in accelerating linear computations, but nonlinear computations are usually implemented in the digital domain, which introduces additional system latency and power consumption, and…

Photonic computing promises ultrafast and energy-efficient artificial intelligence. However, existing photonic neural networks (PNNs) remain functionally shallow and difficult to scale. Here we establish a theory-guided framework showing…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-25 Yuxin Sun , Chun Gao , Jin Xie , Pan Wang , Zejie Yu , Yiwei Xie , Huan Li , Daoxin Dai

Realization of deep learning with coherent optical field has attracted remarkably attentions presently, which benefits on the fact that optical matrix manipulation can be executed at speed of light with inherent parallel computation as well…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-19 Yong-Liang Xiao , Rongguang Liang , Jianxin Zhong , Xianyu Su , Zhisheng You

The proliferation of deep learning applications has intensified the demand for electronic hardware with low energy consumption and fast computing speed. Neuromorphic photonics have emerged as a viable alternative to directly process…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Guangfeng You , Chao Qian , Hongsheng Chen

Unitarity serves as a fundamental concept for characterizing linear and conservative wave phenomena in both classical and quantum systems. Developing platforms that perform unitary operations on light waves in a uni-versal and programmable…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-08 Kyuho Kim , Kunwoo Park , Hyungchul Park , Sunkyu Yu , Namkyoo Park , Xianji Piao