VLSI and Hardware Implementations using Modern Machine Learning Methods

15 Integrated Photonics for Artificial Intelligence Applications

Ankur Saharia¹, Kamal Kishor Choure², Nitesh Mudgal², Rahul Pandey³, Dinesh Bhatia², Manish Tiwari¹, and Ghanshyam Singh²

¹Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

²MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

³SKIT Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

1. CONTENTS
2. 15.1 Introduction to Photonic Neuromorphic Computing
3. 15.2 Classification of Photonic Neural Network
4. 15.3 Photonic Neuron and Synapse
5. 15.4 Conclusion
6. References

DOI: 10.1201/9781003201038-15

15.1 Introduction to Photonic Neuromorphic Computing

The human brain is a sophisticated and complex system that constitutes hundreds of billions of interconnected neurons and synapses, respectively. Neurons are the most important ...