Experimental demonstration of coherent photonic neural computing based on a Fabry–Perot laser with a saturable absorber

Dianzhuang Zheng; Shuiying Xiang; Xingxing Guo; Yahui Zhang; Biling Gu; Hongji Wang; Zhenzhen Xu; Xiaojun Zhu; Yuechun Shi; Yue Hao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.471950

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