Optical Hamiltonian Machines

Optical and electronic processors for calculating second order and higher-order polynomials are described. A photonic processor can include an optical matrix multiplying unit OMMU that can perform vector-matrix multiplication. A portion of the inputs to the OMMU can be fed forward to combine with outputs from the OMMU when calculating polynomials. The described apparatus can also be used for probabilistic computing and polynomial combinatorial optimization.

Researchers

Marin Soljacic / Charles Roques-Carmes

Departments: Department of Physics
Technology Areas: Communication Systems: Optical / Electronics & Photonics: Quantum Technology

  • photonic and electronic hamiltonian machines
    United States of America | Published application | 0

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