Beyond Terabit/s Integrated Neuromorphic Photonic Processor for DSP-Free Optical Interconnects

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15044v1
• Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:56:36 GMT
• Title: Beyond Terabit/s Integrated Neuromorphic Photonic Processor for DSP-Free Optical Interconnects
• Authors: Benshan Wang, Qiarong Xiao, Tengji Xu, Li Fan, Shaojie Liu, Jianji Dong, Junwen Zhang, Chaoran Huang,
• Abstract summary: Multi-scale AI training and inference demand uniform, ultra-low latency, and energy-efficient links.<n>We present an integrated neuromorphic optical signal processor (OSP) that achieves DSP-free, all-optical, real-time processing.<n>This research provides a highly scalable, energy-efficient, and high-speed solution, paving the way for next-generation AI infrastructure.
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• Abstract: The rapid expansion of generative AI drives unprecedented demands for high-performance computing. Training large-scale AI models now requires vast interconnected GPU clusters across multiple data centers. Multi-scale AI training and inference demand uniform, ultra-low latency, and energy-efficient links to enable massive GPUs to function as a single cohesive unit. However, traditional electrical and optical interconnects, relying on conventional digital signal processors (DSPs) for signal distortion compensation, increasingly fail to meet these stringent requirements. To overcome these limitations, we present an integrated neuromorphic optical signal processor (OSP) that leverages deep reservoir computing and achieves DSP-free, all-optical, real-time processing. Experimentally, our OSP achieves a 100 Gbaud PAM4 per lane, 1.6 Tbit/s data center interconnect over a 5 km optical fiber in the C-band (equivalent to over 80 km in the O-band), far exceeding the reach of state-of-the-art DSP solutions, which are fundamentally constrained by chromatic dispersion in IMDD systems. Simultaneously, it reduces processing latency by four orders of magnitude and energy consumption by three orders of magnitude. Unlike DSPs, which introduce increased latency at high data rates, our OSP maintains consistent, ultra-low latency regardless of data rate scaling, making it ideal for future optical interconnects. Moreover, the OSP retains full optical field information for better impairment compensation and adapts to various modulation formats, data rates, and wavelengths. Fabricated using a mature silicon photonic process, the OSP can be monolithically integrated with silicon photonic transceivers, enhancing the compactness and reliability of all-optical interconnects. This research provides a highly scalable, energy-efficient, and high-speed solution, paving the way for next-generation AI infrastructure.

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