Superconducting opto-electronic transmitter circuit

A neuromimetic circuit comprising:

• a neuronal integration loop comprising a plurality of synaptic integration loops, wherein the plurality of the synaptic integration loops comprises a combined plurality of electrical signals generated during a plurality of synaptic firing events in a plurality of synapses, wherein the neuronal integration loop induces an integrated current pulse;
• a transmitter circuit for generating a photonic pulse, wherein the transmitter circuit comprises:
• a Josephson junction for adding a first current pulse to the neuronal integration loop until the integrated current pulse reaches a threshold value;
• a cryotron gate element for detecting a threshold value of the induced integrated current pulse in the neuronal integration loop, wherein the cryotron gate element generates a second current pulse at the threshold value of the integrated current pulse;
• a cryotron switching element comprising a channel for receiving the second current pulse, wherein the receiving the second current pulse switches the cryotron switching element from a superconducting state to a first resistive state;
• a superconducting element for conducting a first biasing current, wherein the switched cryotron switching element in the first resistive state switches the superconducting element to a second resistive state, wherein conducting the first biasing current through the switched superconducting element in the second resistive state induces a first voltage;
• a semiconductor element comprising a plurality of transistors for inducing a second voltage, wherein the first voltage induced by the switched superconducting element switches off at least one of the plurality of transistors, wherein the switched off at least one of the plurality of transistors induces the second voltage;
• a semiconductor light source drive element for receiving the second voltage to generate a second current pulse, wherein the second current pulse drives a light source to generate the photonic pulse;
• and
• a reset element for receiving a first portion of the first biasing current to reset the superconducting element to the superconducting state,
• wherein the neuronal integration loop generating the integrated current pulse initiates an amplification cascade in the transmitter circuit.

A neuromimetic circuit comprising:

• a neuronal integration loop comprising a plurality of synaptic integration loops, wherein the plurality of the synaptic integration loops comprises a combined plurality of electrical signals generated during a plurality of synaptic firing events in a plurality of synapses, wherein the neuronal integration loop induces an integrated current pulse;
• a transmitter circuit for generating a photonic pulse, wherein the transmitter circuit comprises:
• a Josephson junction for adding a first current pulse to the neuronal integration loop until the integrated current pulse reaches a threshold value;
• a heater cryotron gate element for detecting the threshold value of the induced integrated current pulse in the neuronal integration loop, wherein the heater cryotron gate element generates a second current pulse at the threshold value of the integrated current pulse;
• a cryotron switching element comprising a heater cryotron channel for receiving the second current pulse, wherein receiving the second current pulse switches the cryotron switching element from a superconducting state to a first resistive state;
• a superconducting element for conducting a first biasing current, wherein the switched cryotron switching element in the first resistive state switches the superconducting element to a second resistive state, wherein conducting the first biasing current through the switched superconducting element in the second resistive state induces a first voltage;
• a semiconductor element comprising a first transistor and a second transistor for inducing a second voltage, wherein the first voltage induced by the switched superconducting element switches off the first and the second transistors, wherein the switched off the first and the second transistors induce the second voltage;
• a third transistor for receiving the second voltage and generating a third current pulse;
• and
• a light emitting diode for receiving the third current pulse and generating the photonic pulse,
• wherein the neuronal integration loop generating the integrated current pulse initiates an amplification cascade in the transmitter circuit.