All-Optical ReLU as a Photonic Neural Activation Function

Margareta Vania Stephanie (Speaker), Lam Pham, Alexander Schindler, Michael Waltl, Tibor Grasser, Bernhard Schrenk

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate an alloptical rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation function for neuromorphic photonics applications enabled by optical frequency coding of signals. Furthermore, a comparison is made with an electro-optic approach building on a directly modulated laser.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM)
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-3503-4720-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
EventIEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series 2023 - Sizilien, Italy
Duration: 17 Jul 202319 Jul 2023

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CitySizilien
Period17/07/2319/07/23

Research Field

  • Former Research Field - Data Science
  • Enabling Digital Technologies

Keywords

  • multilayer perceptrons
  • neural network hardware
  • neuromorphics
  • optical filters
  • photonics

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