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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2023

Photonic online learning: a perspective.

Sonia Mary Buckley, Alexander N Tait, Adam N McCaughan, Bhavin J Shastri

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sonia Mary BuckleyApplied Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-9287
Alexander N TaitDepartment of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Adam N McCaughanApplied Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA.
Bhavin J ShastriDepartment of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-8248

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging neuromorphic hardware promises to solve certain problems faster and with higher energy efficiency than traditional computing by using physical processes that take place at the device level as the computational primitives in neural networks. While initial results in photonic neuromorphic hardware are very promising, such hardware requires programming or "training" that is often power-hungry and time-consuming. In this article, we examine the online learning paradigm, where the machinery for training is built deeply into the hardware itself. We argue that some form of online learning will be necessary if photonic neuromorphic hardware is to achieve its true potential.

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integrated photonicsneural networksneuromorphic photonics

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PMID36909290
PMCPMC9995662

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