Abstract

Volume holography has often been proposed as an interconnection technology for photonic neural network implementations [1] because it appears to potentially meet the critical requirements of providing both large numbers of interconnections and a weighted fan-out/fan-in topology. The feasibility of using volume holograms for large-scale weighted fan-out/fan-in interconnection applications depends in part on the fidelity with which the interconnection weights can be implemented, and on the throughput that can be achieved in the volume holographic interconnection system. In addition, an important implementation issue is the number of exposures required to record a particular interconnection configuration because this can impact the total writing time and required exposure schedule.

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