Method to Generate Sigmoid-like Function in Silicon Photonic Devices Towards Applications in Photonic Neutral Network
Guangwei Cong, Makoto Okano, Yuriko Maegami, Morifumi Ohno, Noritsugu Yamamoto, Koji Yamada · 2018
We propose a silicon photonic passive device and a method to generate sigmoid-like functions which could be applied as nonlinear neurons for photonic neutral network. This device can convert the phase input to the sigmoid-like power output, which was confirmed by simulation and experiment.