NANOMECHANICAL OSCILLATOR NETWORKS UNDER A MICROWAVE OPTOMECHANICAL SCHEME TO PURSUE NEURO-INSPIRED PARALLEL COMPUTING: for smart sensing – MORETOME
Inspired by recent achievements in optomechanics, we propose to investigate a coupled nanoelectromechanical resonator (NEMS) network in a microwave optomechanical scheme, in which the NEMS is the analog unit to mimic neurons and microwave photons are information bus in the network to dynamically control the cavity force acting on the NEMS. The microwave optomechanical system offers cavity forces and the nonlinearity from NEMS, which allow to synchronize a NEMS network for building a computing function. Based on this platform, the objective of this project is to demonstrate thermal fluctuation recognition, by combining sensing and computing functions in the coupled NEMS network. The concept and method, to be demonstrated by this project, is of broad impact since it is directly applicable to other platforms for smart sensing applications. The success of this project will bring smart thermometry on-chip and build the essential base for pursuing neuro-inspired parallel computing in the future.
Project coordination
Xin ZHOU (UMR 8520 - IEMN - Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie)
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Partner
NEEL Institut Néel
LOMA Université de Bordeaux
IEMN UMR 8520 - IEMN - Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie
Help of the ANR 508,514 euros
Beginning and duration of the scientific project:
December 2022
- 48 Months