Optical neuron
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsStefan Abel, Veeresh V. Deshpande, Jean Fompeyrine
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Abstract
An integrated optical circuit for an optical neural network is provided. The optical circuit is configured to process a plurality of phase-encoded optical input signals and to provide a phase-encoded optical output signal depending on the phase-encoded optical input signals. The phase-encoded optical output signal emulates a neuron functionality with respect to the plurality of phase-encoded optical input signals. Such an embodied optical circuit uses the phase to encode information in the optical domain. A related method and a related design structure are further provided.
Claims25
An integrated optical circuit for an optical neural network, the optical circuit being configured:
- to process a plurality of phase-encoded optical input signals;
- and
- to provide a phase-encoded optical output signal as a function of the phase-encoded optical input signals, the phase-encoded optical output signal emulating a neuron functionality with respect to the plurality of phase-encoded optical input signals.
A method for emulating a neuron functionality, the method comprising:
- providing an integrated optical circuit;
- processing, by the integrated optical circuit, a phase-encoded optical input signal;
- emulating, by the integrated optical circuit, a neuron functionality with respect to the phase-encoded optical input signal;
- and
- providing, by the integrated optical circuit, a phase-encoded optical output signal.
A design structure tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing an integrated circuit, the design structure comprising:
- an integrated optical circuit configured:
- to process a phase-encoded optical input signal;
- and
- to provide a phase-encoded optical output signal, the phase-encoded optical output signal emulating a neuron functionality with respect to the phase-encoded optical input signal.
An optical neural network, comprising:
- a plurality of integrated optical circuits as neurons, each of at least a subset of the integrated optical circuits being configured:
- to process a plurality of phase-encoded optical input signals;
- and
- to provide a phase-encoded optical output signal as a function of the phase-encoded optical input signals, the phase-encoded optical output signal emulating a neuron functionality with respect to the plurality of phase-encoded optical input signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.