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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 17, 1739024(2025)

Synchronization Properties of Multi-Layer Photonic Spiking Neural Networks Based on VCSEL-SA

Jianhao Zhou, Wei Pan^**, Lianshan Yan, Bin Luo, Xihua Zou, Songsui Li, and Liyue Zhang^*

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The Center for Information Photonics and Communications, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, Sichuan , China

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Jianhao Zhou, Wei Pan, Lianshan Yan, Bin Luo, Xihua Zou, Songsui Li, Liyue Zhang. Synchronization Properties of Multi-Layer Photonic Spiking Neural Networks Based on VCSEL-SA[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(17): 1739024

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Category: AI for Optics

Received: Mar. 3, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 24, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 12, 2025

The Author Email: Wei Pan (wpan@home.swjtu.edu.cn), Liyue Zhang (lyzhang@swjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP250740

CSTR:32186.14.LOP250740

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