Joshua Robertson

VCSEL Based Neuromorphic Computing

2023

We report on Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) for high-speed and energy-efficiency systems for photonic neuromorphic computing, yielding excellent performance in complex processing tasks whilst benefitting from hardware-friendly implementations and full compatibility with optical communication technologies.

Photonic Spiking Neural Networks with Highly Efficient Training Protocols for Ultrafast Neuromorphic Computing Systems

2023 · Intelligent Computing

Photonic technologies offer great prospects for novel, ultrafast, energy-efficient, and hardware-friendly neuromorphic (brain-like) computing platforms. Moreover, neuromorphic photonic approaches based on ubiquitous, technology-mature, and low-cost vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) (devices found in fiber-optic transmitters, mobile …