MReC: A Multilayer Photonic Reservoir Computing Architecture Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2019 IEEE. Photonic reservoir computing is a promising paradigm for large-scale classification and prediction problems. However, its single-layer nature is a bottleneck for higher performance and accuracy. This paper proposes MReC, a novel multi-layer photonic reservoir computing architecture made-up of photonic components such as Mach-Zehnder interferometer and optical fiber spool. The proposed design involves a deep pipelined architecture and has been synthesized using commercial photonic CAD tools. System-level simulation of large-scale tasks like spoken digit recognition, channel equalization, and time-series prediction on MReC demonstrates an accuracy improvement up to 50% compared to the state-of-the-art photonic architecture in the literature. Further results indicate a power reduction up to 34% and at least 132x speedup when compared with the best reported results in the literature at a cost of 12% area overhead.

name of conference

  • 20th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED)

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 20TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON QUALITY ELECTRONIC DESIGN (ISQED)

author list (cited authors)

  • Dhang, D., Hasnain, S. A., & Mahapatra, R.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Dhang, Dharanidhar||Hasnain, Syed Ali||Mahapatra, Rabi

publication date

  • March 2019