title: Optoelectronic implementation of neural networks.
abstract: The performance of electronic neural networks will eventually be limited by the capacity of their interconnections as operating speeds are increased. The use of optical connections to link electronic elements offers a way to overcome this problem. In particular, spatial optic techniques are especially suited to neural systems because of their parallel structure. Three experimental optoelectronic networks are described that employ holographic components and arrays of high-speed optical modulators. These of a network to 64 x 8 connections with optical fan-out. A hybrid networks have been used to demonstrate operation at 50 MHz, novel training algorithms and the expansion technique for integrating optoelectronic systems is also being developed.
authors.affiliation: BT Laboratories, Martlesham Health, Ipswich, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D004581:Electronics; D006696:Holography; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014159:Transducers