Experimental Implementation of a Biometric Laser Synaptic Sensor

We fabricate a biometric laser fiber synaptic sensor to transmit information from one neuron cell to the other by an optical way. The optical synapse is constructed on the base of an erbium-doped fiber laser, whose pumped diode current is driven by a pre-synaptic FitzHugh–Nagumo electronic neuron, a...

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Main Authors: Alexander N. Pisarchik, Ricardo Sevilla-Escoboza, Rider Jaimes-Reátegui, Guillermo Huerta-Cuellar, J. Hugo García-Lopez, Victor B. Kazantsev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-12-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/12/17322
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Summary:We fabricate a biometric laser fiber synaptic sensor to transmit information from one neuron cell to the other by an optical way. The optical synapse is constructed on the base of an erbium-doped fiber laser, whose pumped diode current is driven by a pre-synaptic FitzHugh–Nagumo electronic neuron, and the laser output controls a post-synaptic FitzHugh–Nagumo electronic neuron. The implemented laser synapse displays very rich dynamics, including fixed points, periodic orbits with different frequency-locking ratios and chaos. These regimes can be beneficial for efficient biorobotics, where behavioral flexibility subserved by synaptic connectivity is a challenge.
ISSN:1424-8220