• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 4, 755 (2024)
Qiang Zhang, Ning Jiang*, Yiqun Zhang, Anran Li, Huanhuan Xiong, Gang Hu, Yongsheng Cao, and Kun Qiu
Author Affiliations
  • School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • show less
    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.507178 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Qiang Zhang, Ning Jiang, Yiqun Zhang, Anran Li, Huanhuan Xiong, Gang Hu, Yongsheng Cao, Kun Qiu. On-chip spiking neural networks based on add-drop ring microresonators and electrically reconfigurable phase-change material photonic switches[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(4): 755 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and numerically demonstrate a photonic computing primitive designed for integrated spiking neural networks (SNNs) based on add-drop ring microresonators (ADRMRs) and electrically reconfigurable phase-change material (PCM) photonic switches. In this neuromorphic system, the passive silicon-based ADRMR, equipped with a power-tunable auxiliary light, effectively demonstrates nonlinearity-induced dual neural dynamics encompassing spiking response and synaptic plasticity that can generate single-wavelength optical neural spikes with synaptic weight. By cascading these ADRMRs with different resonant wavelengths, weighted multiple-wavelength spikes can be feasibly output from the ADRMR-based hardware arrays when external wavelength-addressable optical pulses are injected; subsequently, the cumulative power of these weighted output spikes is utilized to ascertain the activation status of the reconfigurable PCM photonic switches. Moreover, the reconfigurable mechanism driving the interconversion of the PCMs between the resonant-bonded crystalline states and the covalent-bonded amorphous states is achieved through precise thermal modulation. Drawing from the thermal properties, an innovative thermodynamic leaky integrate-and-firing (TLIF) neuron system is proposed. With the TLIF neuron system as the fundamental unit, a fully connected SNN is constructed to complete a classic deep learning task: the recognition of handwritten digit patterns. The simulation results reveal that the exemplary SNN can effectively recognize 10 numbers directly in the optical domain by employing the surrogate gradient algorithm. The theoretical verification of our architecture paves a whole new path for integrated photonic SNNs, with the potential to advance the field of neuromorphic photonic systems and enable more efficient spiking information processing.
    da+dt=[j(ωR+δω+ω+)γ+,total2]a++κ+S+,

    View in Article

    dadt=[j(ωR+δωω)γ,total2]a+κ(S+Sp),

    View in Article

    dNdt=Nτfc+ΓFCAβSic2VFCA2ng2(|a+|42ω++|a|42ω+2μ|a+|2|a|2ω++ω),

    View in Article

    dΔTdt=ΔTτth+ΓthPabsρSiCp,SiVth,

    View in Article

    SDrop=ejβd(κDrop*·a+).

    View in Article

    Pn=i=1n|Si,Drop(t)|2,

    View in Article

    Qtotal=f[G(αPD·Pn+Ibias)],

    View in Article

    ρCpdTdt=·(kthT)+Q;ifTTThresh,thenrelease a spike and setT=T0withδt.

    View in Article

    ρCpdTdtk(TT0)+Q;ifTTThresh,thenrelease a spike and setT=T0withδt.

    View in Article

    U(t)=U(t1)+1τ[U(t1)+X(t)].

    View in Article

    Qiang Zhang, Ning Jiang, Yiqun Zhang, Anran Li, Huanhuan Xiong, Gang Hu, Yongsheng Cao, Kun Qiu. On-chip spiking neural networks based on add-drop ring microresonators and electrically reconfigurable phase-change material photonic switches[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(4): 755
    Download Citation