Optical Neuron

Optical neurons are artificial neural network components designed to leverage the speed and efficiency of light for computation, primarily focusing on accelerating large-scale linear operations within optical processors. Current research emphasizes developing efficient and scalable architectures, such as multi-operand optical neurons and quantization-aware training methods, to address limitations in fabrication precision and energy consumption. This field holds significant promise for advancing neuromorphic computing and improving applications like image processing and scientific document analysis, particularly by enabling faster and more energy-efficient deep learning models.