Phase change photonics for brain-inspired computing (Conference Presentation)

Nathan Youngblood; Zengguang Cheng; Nikolaos Farmakidis; Xuan Li; James Tan; Harish Bhaskaran

doi:10.1117/12.2520607

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14 May 2019 Phase change photonics for brain-inspired computing (Conference Presentation)

Nathan Youngblood, Zengguang Cheng, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Xuan Li, James Tan, Harish Bhaskaran

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Proceedings Volume 10982, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI; 109820P (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520607
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Phase change materials are increasingly becoming important functional materials for applications in emerging integrated optics. Since the demonstration of a photonic phase change memory device in 2015, several new applications i this area have emerged ranging from lossless routing to on-chip photonics synapses. More recently the use of these materials in unconventional computing has seen an emerging interest, especially in the areas of optical abacuses and other forms of brain-inspired computing. There have also been advances in non-von Neumann approaches to carry out large-scale matrix multiplications. In this talk, I shall cover these topics and present a future view of these materials, not only in computation, but also in displays and holographic projections.

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Nathan Youngblood, Zengguang Cheng, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Xuan Li, James Tan, and Harish Bhaskaran "Phase change photonics for brain-inspired computing (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10982, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI, 109820P (14 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520607

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