All-Optical Spiking Membrane III-V Laser on Si
Nikolaos-Panteleimon Pandelis Diamantopoulos, Suguru Yamaoka, Takuro Fujii, Hidetaka Nishi, Toru Segawa, Shinji Matsuo · 2023
We present an all-optical photonic spiking neuron based on a membrane laser on silicon with optical feedback. Ultrafast dynamics with ~200-ps refractory periods using 10-GHz signals are demonstrated, at a laser-energy cost of ~10 pJ/spike.