Plasmonic Optoelectronic Memristor Enabling Fully Light-Modulated Synaptic Plasticity for Neuromorphic Vision.

ABSTRACT: Exploration of optoelectronic memristors with the capability to combine sensing and processing functions is required to promote development of efficient neuromorphic vision. In this work, the authors develop a plasmonic optoelectronic memristor that relies on the effects of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and optical excitation in an Ag-TiO₂ nanocomposite film. Fully light-induced synaptic plasticity (e.g., potentiation and depression) under visible and ultraviolet light stimulations is demonstrated, which enables the functional combination of visual sensing and low-level image pre-processing (including contrast enhancement and noise reduction) in a single device. Furthermore, the light-gated and electrically-driven synaptic plasticity can be performed in the same device, in which the spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) learning functions can be reversibly modulated by visible and ultraviolet light illuminations. Thereby, the high-level image processing function, i.e., image recognition, can also be performed in this memristor, whose recognition rate and accuracy are obviously enhanced as a result of image pre-processing and light-gated STDP enhancement. Experimental analysis shows that the memristive switching mechanism under optical stimulation can be attributed to the oxidation/reduction of Ag nanoparticles due to the effects of LSPR and optical excitation. The authors' work proposes a new type of plasmonic optoelectronic memristor with fully light-modulated capability that may promote the future development of efficient neuromorphic vision.

SUBMITTER: Shan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867191 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature