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Microfibers: Amorphous Metal‐Sulphide Microfibers Enable Photonic Synapses for Brain‐Like Computing (Advanced Optical Materials 5/2015)
Author(s) -
Gholipour Behrad,
Bastock Paul,
Craig Chris,
Khan Khouler,
Hewak Dan,
Soci Cesare
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201570029
Subject(s) - microfiber , materials science , photonics , synapse , photodarkening , optoelectronics , axon , excitatory postsynaptic potential , optical fiber , amorphous solid , nanotechnology , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , wavelength , optics , neuroscience , composite material , fiber laser , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
The optical axon and photonic synapse transmit information with optical pulses that propagate along a fiber, whose transmission is altered through photodarkening as a result of exposure at a sub‐bandgap wavelength. As explained by B. Gholipour et al. on page 635, this photomodifiation plays the role of either inhibitory or excitatory action potentials in the post‐synaptic axon.