Programmable tanh- and ReLU-like Optoelectronic Activation Functions for Neuromorphic Photonic Circuits
Christos Pappas, Stefanos Kovaios, Miltiadis Moralis‐Pegios, Apostolos Tsakyridis, George Giamougiannis, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Gertjan Coudyzer, Xin Liang Yin, Nikos Pleros · 2023
We demonstrate reconfigurable tanh- and ReLU-like nonlinear activation functions for incoherent neuromorphic photonics using a balanced photodiode assembled with a programmable electronic TIA chip. Experimental results up to 10 Gb/s line-rates are presented.