Intelligent Computing with Photonic Memories

Here we propose and emulate a photonic neural network whose neuron's non-volatile weighting functionality is realized through an engineered hybrid Ge
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Sb
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Se
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Te
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-silicon Mach Zehnder modulator photonic memory with thermoelectrical programmability. The network can effortlessly perform inference tasks with high accuracy at the speed-of-light.