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Time-multiplexed networks of degenerate optical parametric oscillators have demonstrated remarkable success in simulating coupled Ising spins, thus providing a promising route to solving complex combinatorial optimization problems. In these…

A degenerate optical parametric oscillator network is proposed to solve the NP-hard problem of finding a ground state of the Ising model. The underlying operating mechanism originates from the bistable output phase of each oscillator and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Zhe Wang , Alireza Marandi , Kai Wen , Robert L. Byer , Yoshihisa Yamamoto

We propose a neural network model, which, with appropriate assignment of the stability of its equilibrium points (EPs), achieves Hopfield-like associative memory. The oscillator Ising machine (OIM) is an ideal candidates for such a model,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Yi Cheng , Zongli Lin

Ising machines are an emerging class of hardware that promises ultrafast and energy-efficient solutions to NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. Spatial photonic Ising machines (SPIMs) exploit optical computing in free space to…

A prominent approach to solving combinatorial optimization problems on parallel hardware is Ising machines, i.e., hardware implementations of networks of interacting binary spin variables. Most Ising machines leverage second-order…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Connor Bybee , Denis Kleyko , Dmitri E. Nikonov , Amir Khosrowshahi , Bruno A. Olshausen , Friedrich T. Sommer

Networks of coupled Kerr parametric oscillators (KPOs) are a leading physical platform for analog solving of complex optimization problems. These systems are colloquially known as ``Ising machines''. We experimentally and theoretically…

It has recently been shown that optical parametric oscillator (OPO) Ising machines, consisting of coupled optical pulses circulating in a cavity with parametric gain, can be used to probabilistically find low-energy states of Ising spin…

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) has gained widespread popularity in recent years due to its ability to increase data rates, improve signal quality, and provide better coverage in challenging environments. In this paper, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Yuhong Huang , Wenxin Li , Chengkang Pan , Shuai Hou , Xian Lu , Chunfeng Cui , Jingwei Wen , Jiaqi Xu , Chongyu Cao , Yin Ma , Hai Wei , Kai Wen

Physical systems that naturally perform energy descent offer a direct route to accelerating machine learning. Oscillator Ising Machines (OIMs) exemplify this idea: their GHz-frequency dynamics mirror both the optimization of energy-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Alex Gower

Ising machines (IM) are physics-inspired alternatives to von Neumann architectures for solving hard optimization tasks. By mapping binary variables to coupled Ising spins, IMs can naturally solve unconstrained combinatorial optimization…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Corentin Delacour

In this paper, we report new results on a novel Ising machine technology for solving combinatorial optimization problems using networks of coupled self-sustaining oscillators. Specifically, we present several working hardware prototypes…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-04-24 Tianshi Wang , Leon Wu , Jaijeet Roychowdhury

Coherent Ising Machines (CIMs) have recently gained attention as a promising computing model for solving combinatorial optimization problems. In particular, the Chaotic Amplitude Control (CAC) algorithm has demonstrated high solution…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Tatsuro Hanyu , Takahiro Katagiri , Daichi Mukunoki , Tetsuya Hoshino

Oscillator Ising machines (OIMs) are often viewed as physical systems that perform gradient descent on an energy landscape encoding Ising solutions. Here, we show that this interpretation is not generic and breaks down in a broad class of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Abir Hasan , E. M. Hasantha Ekanayake , Kyle Lee , Kerem Camsari , Nikhil Shukla

The quantum theory of coherent Ising machines, based on degenerate optical parametric oscillators and measurement-feedback circuits, is developed using the positive $P({\alpha},{\beta})$ representation of the density operator and the master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Taime Shoji , Kazuyuki Aihara , Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Ising machines based on analog systems have the potential of acceleration in solving ubiquitous combinatorial optimization problems. Although some artificial spins to support large-scale Ising machine is reported, e.g. superconducting…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Qizhuang Cen , Tengfei Hao , Hao Ding , Shanhong Guan , Zhiqiang Qin , Kun Xu , Yitang Dai , Ming Li

Decades of exponential scaling in high performance computing (HPC) efficiency is coming to an end. Transistor based logic in complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology is approaching physical limits beyond which further…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Fiona Knoll , John T. Daly , Jess J. Meyer

Interest in non-algorithmic, unconventional computing is rising in recent years due to more and more apparent short comings of classic stored-program digital computers, such as energy efficiency, degree of parallelism in computations, clock…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Shrish Roy , Bernd Ulmann

Ising machines offer a compelling approach to addressing NP-hard problems, but physical realizations that are simultaneously scalable, reconfigurable, fast, and stable remain elusive. Quantum annealers, like D-Wave's cryogenic hardware,…

Photonic Ising Machines constitute an emergent new paradigm of computation, geared towards tackling combinatorial optimization problems that can be reduced to the problem of finding the ground state of an Ising model. Spatial Photonic Ising…

Quantum criticality has received extensive attention due to its ability to significantly enhance quantum sensing. But its realization and control in many-body quantum systems remain challenging. We present an effective scheme to simulate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Shuang-Quan Ma , Jing-Yi-Ran Jin , Chen-Rui Fan , Chuan Wang , Qing Ai