[CMP11B] III/V Waveguide Devices

[CMP11B-02] Proposal of ReLU activation function using III-V semiconductor membrane laser for optical neural network

*Naoki Takahashi¹, Weicheng Fang¹, Ruihao Xue¹, Shunto Katsumi¹, Yoshitaka Ohiso¹, Tomohiro Amemiya^1,2, Nobuhiko Nishiyama^1,2 (1. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng., Tokyo Tech (Japan), 2. Inst. of Innovative Research, Tokyo Tech (Japan))

[Presentation Style] Onsite

We introduced programmable low-power-consumption optical ReLU activation function for the fully optical neural network. Optical ReLU function with contrallable threshold was experimentally demonstrated using GaInAsP membrane distributed reflector laser on Si.