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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 17, 1720007(2025)

Optoelectronic Integrated Neuromorphic Computing Technology (Invited)

Yanan Han1,2, Shuiying Xiang1,2、*, Changjian Xie1, Yahui Zhang1,2, Xingxing Guo1,2, Tao Wang1, and Yue Hao2
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, Shaanxi , China
  • 2National Engineering Research Center of Wide Band-gap Semicondctor, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi’an 710126, Shaanxi , China
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    Yanan Han, Shuiying Xiang, Changjian Xie, Yahui Zhang, Xingxing Guo, Tao Wang, Yue Hao. Optoelectronic Integrated Neuromorphic Computing Technology (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(17): 1720007

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    Category: Optics in Computing

    Received: May. 27, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2025

    The Author Email: Shuiying Xiang (syxiang@xidian.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS251155

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS251155

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