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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 2: Nanophotonics and Integrated Photonics I
Q 2.1: Vortrag
Montag, 2. März 2026, 11:45–12:00, P 3
Adaptive Molecular Systems in Coherent Nanophotonic Neural Networks — •Peter Lazarowicz1,2,3, Ole Körner1,2,3, Robin Conrad1,2,3, and Carsten Schuck1,2,3 — 1University Of Münster, Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster — 2CeNTech, Heisenbergstraße 11, 48149 Münster — 3Center for Soft Nanoscience, Busso-Peus-Straße 10, 48149 Münster
Neuromorphic computing is a field that has seen both rapid popularisation and development in recent years, with nanophotonic neural networks showing promise in bypassing the Von Neumann bottleneck and vastly improving computational efficiency.
We investigate adaptive molecular systems as a basis for optical neural network architectures, exploiting photoisomerisation and saturable absorption mechanisms to induce the nonlinear responses that are necessary for deep learning approaches. We demonstrate integration of azobenzene photoswitches and doped phthalocyanine complexes in photonic circuits enabling fast, parallelisable photonic processing.
Keywords: Nanophotonic; Neuromorphic; Neural Networks