Liquid-crystal neuron array with optical interconnections: a magic mirror

YanXin Zhang; Zhuanyun Guo; Yongjing Wang

doi:10.1117/12.304950

1 April 1998 Liquid-crystal neuron array with optical interconnections: a magic mirror

YanXin Zhang, Zhuanyun Guo, Yongjing Wang

Proceedings Volume 3402, Optical Information Science and Technology (OIST97): Optical Memory and Neural Networks; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304950
Event: Optical Information Science and Technology, 1997, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

A 2D optical neuron array and its bipolar optical interconnection system are presented. Each neuron in the array consists of a liquid crystal cell and two photodetectors that detect the encoded positive and negative light inputs respectively. The transmissivity of the LC cell that represents state of the neuron is determined by the subtraction of lights that are incident onto the two photodetectors. An optical fully interconnected neural system using the neuron array and a lenslet array for bipolar interconnection is proposed.

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YanXin Zhang, Zhuanyun Guo, and Yongjing Wang "Liquid-crystal neuron array with optical interconnections: a magic mirror", Proc. SPIE 3402, Optical Information Science and Technology (OIST97): Optical Memory and Neural Networks, (1 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304950

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