Electrically programmable phase-change photonic memory for optical neural networks with nanoseconds <i>in situ</i> training capability

Maoliang Wei; Junying Li; Zequn Chen; Bo Tang; Zhiqi Jia; Peng Zhang; Kunhao Lei; Kai Xu; Jianghong Wu; Chuyu Zhong; Hui Ma; Yuting Ye; Jialing Jian; Chunlei Sun; Ruonan Liu; Ying Sun; Wei. E. I. Sha; Xiaoyong Hu; Jianyi Yang; Lan Li; Hongtao Lin

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.4.046004

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 5, Issue 4, 046004(2023)

Electrically programmable phase-change photonic memory for optical neural networks with nanoseconds in situ training capability

Maoliang Wei^1、†, Junying Li¹, Zequn Chen^2,3, Bo Tang⁴, Zhiqi Jia¹, Peng Zhang⁴, Kunhao Lei¹, Kai Xu¹, Jianghong Wu^2,3, Chuyu Zhong¹, Hui Ma¹, Yuting Ye^2,3, Jialing Jian^2,3, Chunlei Sun^2,3, Ruonan Liu⁴, Ying Sun¹, Wei. E. I. Sha¹, Xiaoyong Hu⁵, Jianyi Yang¹, Lan Li^2,3, and Hongtao Lin^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Zhejiang University, College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Electronics and Smart System of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China

²Westlake University, School of Engineering, Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China

³Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, China

⁴Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

⁵Peking University, School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Beijing, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 7, 2022

Accepted: Jun. 25, 2023

Published Online: Jul. 20, 2023

The Author Email: Lin Hongtao (hometown@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.5.4.046004

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