Ultrafast neuromorphic computing with nanophotonic optical parametric oscillators

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Auteurs principaux: Parto, Midya, Li, Gordon H. Y., Sekine, Ryoto, Gray, Robert M., Ledezma, Luis L., Williams, James, Roy, Arkadev, Marandi, Alireza
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author Parto, Midya
Li, Gordon H. Y.
Sekine, Ryoto
Gray, Robert M.
Ledezma, Luis L.
Williams, James
Roy, Arkadev
Marandi, Alireza
author_facet Parto, Midya
Li, Gordon H. Y.
Sekine, Ryoto
Gray, Robert M.
Ledezma, Luis L.
Williams, James
Roy, Arkadev
Marandi, Alireza
contents Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has led to disruptive advancements in fundamental sciences and everyday technologies. Among various machine learning algorithms, deep neural networks have become instrumental in revealing complex patterns in large datasets with key applications in computer vision, natural language processing, and predictive analytics. On-chip photonic neural networks offer a promising platform that leverage high bandwidths and low propagation losses associated with optical signals to perform analog computations for deep learning. However, nanophotonic circuits are yet to achieve the required linear and nonlinear operations simultaneously in an all-optical and ultrafast fashion. Here, we report an ultrafast nanophotonic neuromorphic processor using an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) fabricated on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN). The input data is used to modulate the optical pulses synchronously pumping the OPO. The consequent signal pulses generated by the OPO are coupled to one another via the nonlinear delayed dynamics of the OPO, thus forming the internal nodes of a deep recurrent neural network. We use such a nonlinearly coupled OPO network for chaotic time series prediction, nonlinear error correction in a noisy communication channel, as well as noisy waveform classification and achieve accuracies exceeding 93% at an operating clock rate of ~ 10 GHz. Our OPO network is capable of achieving sub-nanosecond latencies, a timescale comparable to a single clock cycle in state-of-the-art digital electronic processors. By circumventing the need for optical-electronic-optical (OEO) conversions, our ultrafast nanophotonic neural network paves the way for the next generation of compact all-optical neuromorphic processors with ultralow latencies and high energy efficiencies.
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spellingShingle Ultrafast neuromorphic computing with nanophotonic optical parametric oscillators
Parto, Midya
Li, Gordon H. Y.
Sekine, Ryoto
Gray, Robert M.
Ledezma, Luis L.
Williams, James
Roy, Arkadev
Marandi, Alireza
Optics
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has led to disruptive advancements in fundamental sciences and everyday technologies. Among various machine learning algorithms, deep neural networks have become instrumental in revealing complex patterns in large datasets with key applications in computer vision, natural language processing, and predictive analytics. On-chip photonic neural networks offer a promising platform that leverage high bandwidths and low propagation losses associated with optical signals to perform analog computations for deep learning. However, nanophotonic circuits are yet to achieve the required linear and nonlinear operations simultaneously in an all-optical and ultrafast fashion. Here, we report an ultrafast nanophotonic neuromorphic processor using an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) fabricated on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN). The input data is used to modulate the optical pulses synchronously pumping the OPO. The consequent signal pulses generated by the OPO are coupled to one another via the nonlinear delayed dynamics of the OPO, thus forming the internal nodes of a deep recurrent neural network. We use such a nonlinearly coupled OPO network for chaotic time series prediction, nonlinear error correction in a noisy communication channel, as well as noisy waveform classification and achieve accuracies exceeding 93% at an operating clock rate of ~ 10 GHz. Our OPO network is capable of achieving sub-nanosecond latencies, a timescale comparable to a single clock cycle in state-of-the-art digital electronic processors. By circumventing the need for optical-electronic-optical (OEO) conversions, our ultrafast nanophotonic neural network paves the way for the next generation of compact all-optical neuromorphic processors with ultralow latencies and high energy efficiencies.
title Ultrafast neuromorphic computing with nanophotonic optical parametric oscillators
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16604