• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 22, Issue 3, 032501 (2024)
James Garofolo and Ben Wu*
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202422.032501 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    James Garofolo, Ben Wu. Photonic analog signal processing and neuromorphic computing [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(3): 032501 Copy Citation Text show less
    Diagram illustrating the cocktail party problem with 3 transmitters and 3 receivers.
    Fig. 1. Diagram illustrating the cocktail party problem with 3 transmitters and 3 receivers.
    Schematic of a common single-output photonic BSS circuit. TD, tunable delay; AM, amplitude modulator; TA, tunable attenuator; PD, photodiode; ADC, analog-to-digital converter[42].
    Fig. 2. Schematic of a common single-output photonic BSS circuit. TD, tunable delay; AM, amplitude modulator; TA, tunable attenuator; PD, photodiode; ADC, analog-to-digital converter[42].
    Schematic of an ASE-based stealth communication system[9].
    Fig. 3. Schematic of an ASE-based stealth communication system[9].
    Schematic of a chaos-based free-space optical stealth communication system[48].
    Fig. 4. Schematic of a chaos-based free-space optical stealth communication system[48].
    Micrograph of a 4-ring single-pole through-drop resonator weight bank with schematics showing control, input, and output signals[56].
    Fig. 5. Micrograph of a 4-ring single-pole through-drop resonator weight bank with schematics showing control, input, and output signals[56].
    Schematic of a through-drop resonator based photonic neuromorphic circuit[17].
    Fig. 6. Schematic of a through-drop resonator based photonic neuromorphic circuit[17].
    Block diagram of a scalable digital electronic and analog photonic neuromorphic processor[59].
    Fig. 7. Block diagram of a scalable digital electronic and analog photonic neuromorphic processor[59].
    Schematic of a WDM-compatible GST-based attenuator bank[22].
    Fig. 8. Schematic of a WDM-compatible GST-based attenuator bank[22].
    Technology under TestPower/Energy ConsumptionInference RateCircuit Area
    DEAP7.84 pJ/MAC200 kMAC/s1.1 mm2
    OCNN4.06 pJ/MAC100 TMAC/s23.1 mm2
    PCM MRR262 nJ/MAC
    PCM Crossbar17 fJ/MAC2 TMAC/s25.8 mm2
    Table 1. Comparison of Power, Performance, and Area Metrics
    Technology under TestEffective Number of BitsTest BenchmarkAccuracy (%)
    DEAP6MNIST98.00
    OCNNMNIST97.00
    PCM MRR4MNIST97.85
    PCM crossbar5MNIST95.30
    Clustered PCM MRR2Fashion MNIST99.30
    Binary MRR1MNIST97.29
    Table 2. Comparison of Accuracies and Effective Precisions
    James Garofolo, Ben Wu. Photonic analog signal processing and neuromorphic computing [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(3): 032501
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