基于长余辉材料的仿生光突触及其记忆特性研究

A bio-inspired optical synapse based on long-afterglow material with memory properties

  • 摘要: 神经形态视觉系统通过模拟生物视觉机制,有望实现高效率的视觉信息处理。在此背景下,能够集成光传感、存储与处理功能的光突触器件显得尤为重要。然而,现有器件设计在光信号持久存储与动态调控之间存在性能瓶颈。为此,我们提出并制备了一种基于长余辉材料/PDMS复合材料的光突触器件。实验结果表明,该器件在紫外脉冲激励下可产生瞬态亮度增强效应,并在刺激停止后呈现先快后慢的双阶段衰减,成功模拟了生物视觉系统中短期记忆向长期记忆转化的动力学过程。此外,该器件还展现出配对脉冲增强(paired-pulse facilitation, PPF)效应,其增强比为1.35(A2/A1 = 1.35),并在连续9个光脉冲的刺激下实现了接近3倍的光强增强(A9/A1 ≈ 3)。器件的发光响应具有显著的温度依赖性,随着温度升高,发光强度先增加约1.4倍,随后逐渐减弱。本研究证明,基于长余辉材料的光突触器件在光信息的动态持续保持与处理方面具有重要应用价值,为开发新型神经形态视觉感知系统提供了创新解决方案。

     

    Abstract: The neuromorphic visual system, which emulates biological visual mechanisms, demonstrates significant potential for highly efficient visual information processing. In this context, the development of an optical synaptic device capable of integrating light sensing, storage, and processing functions is of critical importance. However, current designs encounter performance limitations when balancing persistent light signal storage with dynamic regulation. To address this challenge, we propose and fabricate an optical synaptic device based on a composite of long-afterglow material and PDMS. Experimental results reveal that the device exhibits a transient brightness enhancement effect under ultraviolet pulse excitation, followed by a dual-stage decay with fast-to-slow kinetics after the cessation of stimulation. This behavior successfully mimics the dynamic transition from short-term to long-term memory in the biological visual system. Furthermore, the device demonstrates a PPF effect, with an enhancement ratio of 1.35 (A2/A1 = 1.35), and achieves nearly a threefold increase in light intensity (A9/A1 ≈ 3) under continuous stimulation by nine light pulses. The luminescent response of the device displays notable temperature dependence: as the temperature rises, the luminescence intensity initially increases by nearly 1.4 times before subsequently declining. These findings suggest that the long-afterglow material-based optical synaptic device has potential applications in non-volatile light information storage and dynamic processing, offering an innovative approach for advancing neuromorphic visual perception systems.

     

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