Matthew van Niekerk

Silicon Photonic Optical-Electrical-Optical Modulator Neuron Verilog-A Model

2021 · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

An Optical-Electrical-Optical silicon photonic neuron is modeled using Verilog-A. The neuron realizes nonlinear activation without electrical amplification. The model (using experimental data) enables the implementation of scalable deep silicon pho- tonic neural networks.