Experimental demonstration of pyramidal neuron-like dynamics dominated by dendritic action potentials based on a VCSEL for all-optical XOR classification task

Yahui Zhang; Shuiying Xiang; Xingyu Cao; Shihao Zhao; Xingxing Guo; Aijun Wen; Yue Hao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.422628

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