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Yaremkevich DD, Scherbakov AV, De Clerk L, Kukhtaruk SM, Nadzeyka A, Campion R, Rushforth AW, Savel'ev S, Balanov AG, Bayer M. On-chip phonon-magnon reservoir for neuromorphic computing. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8296. [PMID: 38097654 PMCID: PMC10721880 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43891-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Reservoir computing is a concept involving mapping signals onto a high-dimensional phase space of a dynamical system called "reservoir" for subsequent recognition by an artificial neural network. We implement this concept in a nanodevice consisting of a sandwich of a semiconductor phonon waveguide and a patterned ferromagnetic layer. A pulsed write-laser encodes input signals into propagating phonon wavepackets, interacting with ferromagnetic magnons. The second laser reads the output signal reflecting a phase-sensitive mix of phonon and magnon modes, whose content is highly sensitive to the write- and read-laser positions. The reservoir efficiently separates the visual shapes drawn by the write-laser beam on the nanodevice surface in an area with a size comparable to a single pixel of a modern digital camera. Our finding suggests the phonon-magnon interaction as a promising hardware basis for realizing on-chip reservoir computing in future neuromorphic architectures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dmytro D Yaremkevich
- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
- Machine Learning Development, SS&C Technologies, 128 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BJ, UK
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, V. E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 03028, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44227, Dortmund, Germany
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Scherbakov A, Linnik T, Kukhtaruk S, Yakovlev D, Nadzeyka A, Rushforth A, Akimov A, Bayer M. Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures. PHOTOACOUSTICS 2023; 34:100565. [PMID: 38058748 PMCID: PMC10696383 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Phonons and magnons are prospective information carriers to substitute the transfer of charge in nanoscale communication devices. Our ability to manipulate them at the nanoscale and with ultimate speed is examined by ultrafast acoustics and femtosecond optomagnetism, which use ultrashort laser pulses for generation and detection of the corresponding coherent excitations. Ultrafast magnetoacoustics merges these research directions and focuses on the interaction of optically generated coherent phonons and magnons. In this review, we present ultrafast magnetoacoustic experiments with nanostructures based on the alloy (Fe,Ga) known as Galfenol. We demonstrate how broad we can manipulate the magnetic response on an optical excitation by controlling the spectrum of generated coherent phonons and their interaction with magnons. Resonant phonon pumping of magnons, formation of magnon polarons, driving of a magnetization wave by a guided phonon wavepacket are demonstrated. The presented experimental results have great application potential in emerging areas of modern nanoelectronics.
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Affiliation(s)
- A.V. Scherbakov
- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Theoretical Physics, V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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