title: Ultrafast synaptic events in a chalcogenide memristor.
abstract: Compact and power-efficient plastic electronic synapses are of fundamental importance to overcoming the bottlenecks of developing a neuromorphic chip. Memristor is a strong contender among the various electronic synapses in existence today. However, the speeds of synaptic events are relatively slow in most attempts at emulating synapses due to the material-related mechanism. Here we revealed the intrinsic memristance of stoichiometric crystalline Ge2Sb2Te5 that originates from the charge trapping and releasing by the defects. The device resistance states, representing synaptic weights, were precisely modulated by 30 ns potentiating/depressing electrical pulses. We demonstrated four spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) forms by applying programmed pre- and postsynaptic spiking pulse pairs in different time windows ranging from 50 ms down to 500 ns, the latter of which is 10(5) times faster than the speed of STDP in human brain. This study provides new opportunities for building ultrafast neuromorphic computing systems and surpassing Von Neumann architecture.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yingpeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jinjian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Huajun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiangshui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Miao
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016248:Computer Storage Devices; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008422:Materials Testing; D010969:Plastics / Q000737:chemistry*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics
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