Neuro-Inspired Computing with Spin-VCSELs.

Autor: Harkhoe, Krishan, Verschaffelt, Guy, Van der Sande, Guy, Stabile, Ripalta
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences (2076-3417); May2021, Vol. 11 Issue 9, p4232, 12p
Abstrakt: Delay-based reservoir computing (RC), a neuromorphic computing technique, has gathered lots of interest, as it promises compact and high-speed RC implementations. To further boost the computing speeds, we introduce and study an RC setup based on spin-VCSELs, thereby exploiting the high polarization modulation speed inherent to these lasers. Based on numerical simulations, we benchmarked this setup against state-of-the-art delay-based RC systems and its parameter space was analyzed for optimal performance. The high modulation speed enabled us to have more virtual nodes in a shorter time interval. However, we found that at these short time scales, the delay time and feedback rate heavily influence the nonlinear dynamics. Therefore, and contrary to other laser-based RC systems, the delay time has to be optimized in order to obtain good RC performances. We achieved state-of-the-art performances on a benchmark timeseries prediction task. This spin-VCSEL-based RC system shows a ten-fold improvement in processing speed, which can further be enhanced in a straightforward way by increasing the birefringence of the VCSEL chip. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index