20-GHz bandwidth optical activation function based on a semiconductor laser
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| author | Guo, Hai-Fei Sun, Zheng-Can Shen, Yi-Wei Li, Rui-Qian Li, Xing Wang, Cheng |
| author_facet | Guo, Hai-Fei Sun, Zheng-Can Shen, Yi-Wei Li, Rui-Qian Li, Xing Wang, Cheng |
| contents | Optical neural networks usually execute the linear multiply-accumulate operation in the optical domain, whereas the nonlinear activation function is mostly implemented in the digital or electrical domain. Here we demonstrate a broadband activation function operated in the optical domain. The optical activation function (OAF) is achieved by a semiconductor laser with optical injection, which is operated in the unstable-locked regime above the Hopf bifurcation. The operation bandwidth of the OAF reaches as high as 20 GHz, which is limited by the relaxation oscillation resonance frequency of the semiconductor laser. The OAF mimics a ReLU function for modulation frequencies below 5 GHz, while resembling an ELU function for frequencies above 5 GHz. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | 20-GHz bandwidth optical activation function based on a semiconductor laser Guo, Hai-Fei Sun, Zheng-Can Shen, Yi-Wei Li, Rui-Qian Li, Xing Wang, Cheng Optics Optical neural networks usually execute the linear multiply-accumulate operation in the optical domain, whereas the nonlinear activation function is mostly implemented in the digital or electrical domain. Here we demonstrate a broadband activation function operated in the optical domain. The optical activation function (OAF) is achieved by a semiconductor laser with optical injection, which is operated in the unstable-locked regime above the Hopf bifurcation. The operation bandwidth of the OAF reaches as high as 20 GHz, which is limited by the relaxation oscillation resonance frequency of the semiconductor laser. The OAF mimics a ReLU function for modulation frequencies below 5 GHz, while resembling an ELU function for frequencies above 5 GHz. |
| title | 20-GHz bandwidth optical activation function based on a semiconductor laser |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00468 |