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Photonics Research
Vol. 11, Issue 8, 1382 (2023)

Photonic integrated spiking neuron chip based on a self-pulsating DFB laser with a saturable absorber

Yuechun Shi^1、7、†, Shuiying Xiang^2、†,*, Xingxing Guo², Yahui Zhang², Hongji Wang³, Dianzhuang Zheng^1、2, Yuna Zhang², Yanan Han², Yong Zhao⁴, Xiaojun Zhu⁵, Xiangfei Chen³, Xun Li⁶, and Yue Hao²

Author Affiliations

¹Yongjiang Laboratory, Ningbo 315202, China

²State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

³Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Ministry of Education, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optical Communication Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

⁴School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

⁵School of Information Science and Technology, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China

⁶Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada

⁷e-mail: yuechun-shi@ylab.ac.cn

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Yuechun Shi, Shuiying Xiang, Xingxing Guo, Yahui Zhang, Hongji Wang, Dianzhuang Zheng, Yuna Zhang, Yanan Han, Yong Zhao, Xiaojun Zhu, Xiangfei Chen, Xun Li, Yue Hao. Photonic integrated spiking neuron chip based on a self-pulsating DFB laser with a saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(8): 1382 Copy Citation Text

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