Journal Articles


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Preprints

Dynamic electro-optic analog memory for neuromorphic photonic computing
arXiv:2401.16515 [cs.ET]
S. Lam, A. Khaled, S. Bilodeau, B. A. Marquez, P. R. Prucnal, L. Chrostowski, B. J. Shastri, S. Shekhar

Physics to System-level Modeling of Silicon-organic-hybrid Nanophotonic Devices
arXiv:2401.10701 [physics.optics] (accepted)
M. Moridsadat, M. Tamura, L. Chrostowski, S. Shekhar, B. J. Shastri

Control-free and efficient silicon photonic neural networks via hardware-aware training and pruning
arXiv:2401.08180 [physics.optics]
T. Xu, W. Zhang, J. Zhang, Z. Luo, Q. Xiao, B. Wang, M. Luo, X. Xu, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, C. Huang

Reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits based on quantum dots
arXiv:2312.10521 [physics.optics] (accepted)
A. McCaw, J. Ewaniuk, B. J. Shastri, N. Rotenberg

65 GOPS/neuron photonic tensor core with thin-film lithium niobate photonics
arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.16896 [physics.optics]
Z. Lin, B. J. Shastri et al. 

Interfacing spiking VCSEL-neurons with silicon photonics weight banks towards integrated neuromorphic photonic systems
arXiv:2305.00788 [physics.optics]
M. Hejda, E. A. Doris, S. Bilodeau, J. Robertson, D. Owen-Newns, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, A. Hurtado

All-optical organic photochemical integrated nanophotonic memory: lossless, continuously-tunable, non-volatile
doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2106924/v1
S. Bilodeau, E. Doris, J .A. Wisch, M. Gui, B. P. Rand, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

High-density integrated photonic tensor processing unit with a matrix multiply compiler
doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1833027/v1
X. Ma, N. Peserico, A. Khaled, Z. Guo, B. Nouri, H. Dalir, B. J. Shastri, V. J. Sorger

A laser spiking neuron in a photonic integrated circuit
arXiv:2012.08516 [physics.app-ph]
M. A. Nahmias, H.-T. Peng, T. Ferreira de Lima, C. Huang, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal


2024

Radio-frequency linear analysis and optimization of silicon photonic neural networks
Advanced Photonics Research 2300306 (2024)
E. C. Blow, S. Bilodeau, W. Zhang, T. Ferreira de Lima, J. Lederman, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Nonlinear dynamics in neuromorphic photonic networks: Physical simulation in Verilog-A
Physical Review Applied 21, 034013 (2024)
H. Morison, J. Singh, N. Al Kayed, A. Aadhi, M. Moridsadat, M. Tamura, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri
Editors’ Suggestion

Roadmapping the next generation of silicon photonics
Nature Communications 15, 751 (2024)
S. Shekhar, W. Bogaerts, L. Chrostowski, J. E. Bowers, M. Hochberg, R. Soref, B. J. Shastri
Media: Photonics.com

A system-on-chip microwave photonic processor solves dynamic RF interference in real time with picosecond latency
Light: Science and Applications 13, 14 (2024)
W. Zhang, J. C. Lederman, T. Ferreira de Lima, J. Zhang, S. Bilodeau, L. Hudson, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Media:  Phys.org • Light: Science & Applications. News & Views 


2023

Real-time blind photonic interference cancellation
Nature Communications 14, 8197 (2023)
J. C. Lederman, W. Zhang, T. Ferreira de Lima, E. C. Blow, S. Bilodeau, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Fully-integrated photonic tensor core for image convolutions
Nanotechnology 34, 395201 (2023)
B. A. Marquez, J. Singh, H. D. Morison, Z. Guo, L. Chrostowski, P. R. Prucnal, S. Shekhar, B. J. Shastri

[Invited]
Integrated photonic tensor processing unit for a matrix multiply: a review
Journal of Lightwave Technology 41, 3704–3716 (2023)
N. Peserico, B. J. Shastri, V. J. Sorger

[Perspective]
Photonic online learning: a perspective 
Nanophotonics 12, 833–845 (2023)
S. M. Buckley, A. N. Tait, A. N. McCaughan, B. J. Shastri

Broadband physical layer cognitive radio with an integrated photonic processor for blind source separation
Nature Communications 14, 1107(2023)
W. Zhang, A. N. Tait, C. Huang, T. Ferreira de Lima, S. Bilodeau, E. Blow, A. Jha, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Realistic quantum photonic neural networks
Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2200125 (2023)
J. Ewaniuk, J. Carolan, B. J. Shastri and N. Rotenberg

Towards a high-density photonic tensor core enabled by intensity-modulated microrings and photonic wire bonding
Scientific Reports 13, 1260 (2023)
E. Luan, S. Yu, M. Salmani, M. Sanadgol Nezami, B. J. Shastri, L. Chrostowski, A. Eshaghi

[Invited]
Dynamic precision analog computing for neural networks
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 29, 6100412 (2023)
S. Garg, J. Lou, A. Jain, Z. Guo, B. J. Shastri, M. Nahmias

A silicon-based XOI wafer: most general electronics-photonics platform for computing, sensing, and communications
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 29, 8200108 (2023)
R. A. Soref, B. J. Shastri, A. N. Tait

[Invited]
Multi-wavelength photonic neural network for compensating inter- and intra-channel distortions in WDM optical communication systems
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 29, 7400212 (2023)
B. Wang, T. Ferreira de Lima, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, C. Huang

Packaging and interconnection considerations in neuromorphic photonic processors
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 29, 6100311 (2023)
M. Sanadgol Nezami, T. Ferriera de Lima, M. Mitchell, J. Wang, S. Yu, S. Bilodeau, W. Zhang, M. Al-Qadasi, I. Taghavi, S. Lin, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, L. Chrostowski, S. Shekhar


2022

Silicon photonic architecture for training deep neural networks with direct feedback alignment
Optica 9, 1323–1332 (2022)
M. J. Filipovich*, Z. Guo*, M. Al-Qadasi, B. A. Marquez, H. D. Morison, V. J. Sorger, P. R. Prucnal, S. Shekhar, B. J. Shastri [*equal contribution]

[Invited]
Scalable networks of neuromorphic photonic integrated circuits
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 28, 6101409 (2022)
L. Xu, T. Ferreira de Lima, H.-T. Peng, S. Bilodeau, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Inducing optical self-pulsation by electrically tuning graphene on a silicon microring
Nanophotonics 11, 4017-4025 (2022)
M. Tamura, H. Morison, B. J. Shastri

[Review]
Polymer modulators in silicon photonics: review and projections
Nanophotonics 11, 3855–3870 (2022)
I. Taghavi, M. Moridsadat, A. Tofini, S. Raza, N. A. F. Jaeger, L. Chrostowski, B. J. Shastri, S. Shekhar

[Review]
Design automation of photonic resonator weights
Nanophotonics 11, 3805–3822 (2022)
T. Ferreira de Lima, E. A. Doris, S. Bilodeau, W. Zhang, A. Jha, H-.T. Peng, E. C. Blow, C. Huang, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Invited]
Multi-level encoding and decoding in a scalable photonic tensor processor with a photonic general matrix multiply (GeMM) compiler
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 28, 8300714 (2022)
Z. Guo, A. N. Tait, B. A. Marquez, M. J. Filipovich, H. Morison, P. R. Prucnal, L. Chrostowski, S. Shekhar, B. J. Shastri

[Invited]
A photonics-inspired compact network: toward real-time AI processing in communication systems
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 28, 7400217 (2022)
H.-T. Peng, J. Lederman, L. Xu, T. Ferreira de Lima, C. Huang, B. J. Shastri, D. Rosenbluth, P. R. Prucnal

Sinusoidal and rectangular Bragg grating filters: design, fabrication, and comparative analysis
Journal of Applied Physics 132, 064501 (2022)
H. Saghei, P. Elyasi, B. J. Shastri

Nanophotonic cavity based synapse for scalable photonic neural networks
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 28, 6100908 (2022)
A. Jha, C. Huang, T. Ferreira de Lima, H.-T. Peng, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Silicon microring synapses enable photonic deep learning beyond 9-bit precision
Optica 9, 579–584 (2022)
W. Zhang, C. Huang, H.-T. Peng, S. Bilodeau, A. Jha, E. C. Blow, T. Ferreira de Lima, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Invited]
Photonic spiking neural networks and graphene-on-silicon spiking neurons
Journal of Lightwave Technology 40, 2901–2914 (2022)
A. Jha, C. Huang, H.-T. Peng, B. J. Shastri, P R. Prucnal

Neuromorphic photonic circuit modeling in Verilog-A
APL Photonics 7, 046103 (2022)
J. Singh, H. Morison, Z. Guo, B. A. Marquez, O. Esmaeeli, P. R. Prucnal, L. Chrostowski, S. Shekhar, B. J. Shastri
Cover Article

[Invited]
High-capacity space-division multiplexing communications with silicon photonic blind source separation
Journal of Lightwave Technology 40, 1617–1632 (2022)
C. Huang, D. Wang, W. Zhang, B. Wang, A. N. Tait, T. Ferriera de Lima, B. J.Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Perspective]
Scaling up silicon photonic-based accelerators: challenges and opportunities
APL Photonics 7, 020902 (2022)
M. A. Al-Qadasi, L. Chrostowski, B. J. Shastri, S. Shekhar 

[Review]
Prospects and applications of photonic neural networks
Advances in Physics: X 7, 1981155 (2022) 
C. Huang, V. J. Sorger, M. Miscuglio, M. Al-Qadasi, A. Mukherjee, S. Shekhar, L. Chrostowski, L. Lampe, M. Nichols, M. P. Fok, D. Brunner, A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, B. A. Marquez, P. R. Prucnal, B. J. Shastri


2021

Silicon photonic-electronic neural network for fibre nonlinearity compensation
Nature Electronics 4, 837–844 (2021) arXiv:2110.12833 
C. Huang*, S. Fujisawa*, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, E. C. Blow, Y. Tian, S. Bilodeau, A. Jha, F. Yaman, H.-T. Peng, H. G. Batshon, B. J. Shastri, Y. Inada, T. Wang, P. R. Prucnal [*equal contribution]

[Review]
Photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing
Nature Photonics 15, 102–114 (2021)
B. J. Shastri*, A. N. Tait*, T. Ferreira de Lima, W. H. P. Pernice, H. Bhaskaran, C. D. Wright, P. R. Prucnal [*equal contribution]
Media: Nature Photonics Editorial • Queen’s Gazette • Phys.org • Science Bulletin • University of Exeter • ScienMag • Science Daily • Novus Light

Photonic pattern reconstruction enabled by on-chip online learning and inference
JPhys Photonics 3, 024006 (2021)
B. A. Marquez, Z. Guo, H. D. Morison, S. Shekhar, L. Chrostowski, P. R. Prucnal, B. J. Shastri

[Invited]
On-chip programmable optical signal processor and its applications
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 27, 6100211 (2021) 
C. Huang, A. Jha, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Cover article


2020

Blind source separation with integrated photonics and reduced dimensional statistics
Optics Letters 45, 64946497 (2020)
P. Y. Ma, A. N. Tait, W. Zhang, E. Ali Kharan, T. Ferreira de Lima, C. Huang, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Roadmap]
Roadmap on emerging hardware and technology for machine learning
Nanotechnology 32, 012002 (2020)
K. Berggren, Q. Xia, K. et al.

[Invited]
Silicon photonics for artificial intelligence applications
Photoniques 104, 40–44 (2020)
B. A. Marquez, M. J. Fillipovich, E. R. Howard, V. Bangari, Z. Guo, H. D. Morison, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, P. R. Prucnal, B. J. Shastri

Graphene-based photonic synapse for multi wavelength neural networks
MRS Advances 5, 1909–1917 (2020)
B. A. Marquez, H. Morison, Z. Guo, M. Fillipovich, P. R. Prucnal, B. J. Shastri

[Invited]
Primer on silicon neuromorphic photonic processors: architecture and compiler
Nanophotonics 9, 4055–4073 (2020) 
T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, A. Mehrabain, M. A. Nahmias, C. Huang, H.-T. Peng, B. A. Marquez, M. Miscuglio, T. El-Ghazawi, V. J. Sorger, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Lateral bipolar junction transistor on a silicon photonics platform
Optics Express 28, 11692–11704 (2020)
A. Jha, T. Ferreira de Lima, H. Saeidi, S. Bilodeau, A. N. Tait, S. Abbaslou, C. Huang, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Demonstration of scalable microring weight bank control for large-scale photonic integrated circuits
APL Photonics 5, 040803 (2020)
C. Huang, S. Bilodeau, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, P. Y. Ma, E. C. Blow, A. Jha, H.-T. Peng, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Photonic independent component analysis using an on-chip microring weight bank
Optics Express 28, 1827–1844 (2020)
P. Y. Ma, A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, C. Huang, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Photonic multiply-accumulate operations for neural networks
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 26, 7701518 (2020)
M. A. Nahmias, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, H.-T. Peng, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Digital electronics and analog photonics for convolutional neural networks (DEAP-CNNs)
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 26, 7701213 (2020)
V. Bangari, B. A. Marquez, H. Miller, A.N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, T. Ferreira de Lima, H.-T Peng, P. R. Prucnal, B. J. Shastri

Noise analysis of photonic modulator neurons
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 26, 7600109 (2020)
T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, H. Saeidi, M. A. Nahmias, H.-T. Peng, S. Abbaslou, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Temporal information processing with an integrated laser neuron
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 26, 5100209 (2020)
H.-T. Peng, G. Angelatos, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, S. Abbaslou, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal


2019

Demonstration of multivariate photonics: blind dimensionality reduction with analog integrated photonics
Journal of Lightwave Technology 37, 5996–6006 (2019)
A. N. Tait, P. Y. Ma, T. Ferreira de Lima, E. C. Blow, M. P. Chang, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Programmable silicon photonic optical thresholder
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 31, 1834–1837 (2019)
C. Huang, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. Jha, S. Abbaslou, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Takens-inspired neuromorphic processor: a downsizing tool for random recurrent neural networks via feature extraction
Physical Review Research 1, 033030 (2019)
B. A. Marquez, J. Suarez-Vargas, B. J. Shastri
Media: TechXplore

ITO-based electro-absorption modulator for photonic neural activation function
APL Materials 7, 081112 (2019)
R. Amin, J. George, S. Sun, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, J. Khurgin, M. Miscuglio, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, T. El-Ghazawi, V. J. Sorger

A silicon photonic modulator neuron
Physical Review Applied 11, 064043 (2019)
A.N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, H. B. Miller, H.-T Peng, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Photonic principal component analysis using an on-chip microring weight bank
Optics Express 27, 18329–18342 (2019)
P. Y. Ma, A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, S. Abbaslou, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Invited Tutorial]
Machine learning with neuromorphic photonics
Journal of Lightwave Technology 37, 1515–1534 (2019)
T. Ferreira de Lima, H.-T. Peng, A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, H. B. Miller, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Neuromorphic photonics with electro-absorption modulators
Optics Express 27, 5181–5191 (2019)
J. K. George, A. Mehrabian, R. Amin, J. Meng, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, T. El-Ghazawi, P. R. Prucnal, V. J. Sorger

Robustness of optical steganographic communication under coherent detection attack
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 31, 327–330 (2019)
C. R. Huang, P. Y. Ma, B. J. Shastri, P. Mittal, P. R. Prucnal


2018

Steganographic communication via spread optical noise: a link-level eavesdropping resilient system
Journal of Lightwave Technology 36, 5344–5357 (2018)
P. Y. Ma, B. Wu, B. J. Shastri, A. N. Tait, P. Mittal, P. R. Prucnal

[Invited]
Neuromorphic photonic integrated circuits
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 24, 6101715 (2018)
H.-T. Peng, M. A. Nahmias, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Feedback control for microring weight banks
Optics Express 26, 26422–26443 (2018)
A. N. Tait, H. Jayatilleka, T. Ferreira de Lima, P. Y. Ma, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, S. Shekhar, L. Chrostowski, P. R. Prucnal

Simultaneous excitatory and inhibitory dynamics in an excitable laser
Optics Letters 43, 3802–3805 (2018)
P. Y. Ma, B. J. Shastri, T. Ferreira de Lima, C. R. Huang, A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, H.-T. Peng, P. R. Prucnal

Two-pole microring weight banks
Optics Letters 43, 2276–2279 (2018)
A. N. Tait, A. X. Wu, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Invited]
Neuromorphic photonics
Optics & Photonics News 29, 34–41 (2018)
M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, P. R. Prucnal


2017

All-optical digital-to-spike conversion using a graphene excitable laser
Optics Express 25 33504–33513 (2017)
P. Y. Ma, B. J. Shastri, T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, P. R. Prucnal

Neuromorphic photonic networks using silicon photonic weight banks
Scientific Reports 7, 7430 (2017)
A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, E. Zhou, A. Wu, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Media: Optics & Photonics News • Science • SingularityHub • MIT Technology Review

[Review]
Progress in neuromorphic photonics
Nanophotonics  6, 577–599 (2017)
T. Ferreira de Lima, B. J. Shastri, A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, P. R. Prucnal
Media: Laser Focus World

Simultaneous Q-switching of a Tm3+:ZBLAN fiber laser at 1.9 μm and 2.3 μm using graphene
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 29, 405–408 (2017)
C. Jia, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, M. Saad, L. Chen


2016

Passively synchronized Q-switched and mode-locked dual-band Tm3+:ZBLAN fiber laser using a common graphene saturable absorber
Scientific Reports 6, 36071 (2016)
C. Jia, B. J. Shastri, N. Abdukerim, M. Rochette, P. R. Prucnal, M. Saad, L. Chen

Microring weight banks
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 22, 5900214 (2016)
A. N. Tait, A. Wu, T. Ferreira de Lima, E. Zhou, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Review]
Recent progress in semiconductor excitable lasers for photonic spike processing
Advances in Optics and Photonics 8, 228–299 (2016)
P. R. Prucnal*, B. J. Shastri*, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait [*equal contribution]

An integrated analog O/E/O link for multi-channel laser neurons
Applied Physics Letters 108, 151106 (2016)
M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, L. Tolias, M. P. Chang, T. Ferreira de Lima, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Multi-channel control for microring weight banks
Optics Express 24, 8895–8906 (2016)
A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, T. Ferreira de Lima, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Scalable wideband principal component analysis via microwave photonics
IEEE Photonics Journal 8, 5500509 (2016)
T. Ferreira de Lima, A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Continuous calibration of microring weights for analog optical networks
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 28, 887–890 (2016)
A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

Dispersion deployment and compensation for optical steganography based on noise
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 28, 421–424 (2016)
B. Wu, M. P. Chang, B. J. Shastri, P. Y. Ma, P. R. Prucnal

Photonic implementation of spike timing dependent plasticity and learning algorithms of biological neural systems
Journal of Lightwave Technology 34, 470–476 (2016)
R. Toole, A. N. Tait, T. Ferreira de Lima, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, M. P. Fok
Top Scoring Paper

Spike processing with a graphene excitable laser
Scientific Reports 5, 19126 (2016)
B. J. Shastri*, M. A. Nahmias*, A. N. Tait*, A. W. Rodriguez, B. Wu, P. R. Prucnal [*equal contribution]
Media: IEEE Spectrum • Extremetech


2015

Gigabit ethernet signal transmission using asynchronous OCDMA
Optics Letters 40, 5854–5857 (2015)
P. Y. Ma, M. P. Fok, B. J. Shastri, B. Wu, P. R. Prucnal

An excitable laser processing network node in hybrid silicon: analysis and simulation
Optics Express 23, 26800–26813 (2015)
M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, T. Ferreira de Lima, P. R. Prucnal

Optical signal processing and stealth transmission for privacy
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 9, 1185–1194 (2015)
B. Wu, B. J. Shastri, P. Mittal, A. N. Tait, P. R. Prucnal

Demonstration of WDM weighted addition for principal component analysis
Optics Express 23, 12758–12765 (2015)
A. N. Tait, J. Chang, B. J. Shastri, M. A. Nahmias, P. R. Prucnal

SIMPEL: Circuit model for photonic spike processing laser neurons
Optics Express 23, 8029–8044, (2015)
B. J. Shastri, M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, B. Wu, P. R. Prucnal
Selected/featured in Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics 10 (2015)

Normalized pulsed energy thresholding in a nonlinear optical loop mirror
Applied Optics 54, 3218–3224 (2015)
M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, A. N. Tait, M. Eder, N. Rafidi, Y. Tian, and P. R. Prucnal


2014

Broadcast and weight: an integrated network for scalable photonic spike processing
Journal of Lightwave Technology 32, 3427–3439 (2014)
A. N. Tait, M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

System performance measurement and analysis of optical steganography based on amplifier noise
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 26, 1920–1923 (2014)
B. Wu, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal

[Invited • Cover article]
Photonic spike processing: ultrafast laser neurons and an integrated photonic network
IEEE Photonics Society Newsletter 28, 4–11 (2014)
B. J. Shastri*, A. N. Tait*, M. A. Nahmias*, P. R. Prucnal [*equal contribution]
Media: NSF International Year of Light • NSF Discovery • Phys.org

Analog noise protected optical encryption with two-dimensional key space
Optics Express 22, 14568–14574 (2014)
B. Wu, M. P. Chang, B. J. Shastri, Z. Wang, P. R. Prucnal

Simulations of a graphene excitable laser for spike processing
Optical and Quantum Electronics 46, 1353–1358 (2014)
B. J. Shastri, M. A. Nahmias, A. N. Tait, P. R. Prucnal

Temporal phase mask encrypted optical steganography carried by amplified spontaneous emission noise
Optics Express 22, 954–961 (2014)
B. Wu, Z. Wang, B. J. Shastri, M. P. Chang, N. A. Frost, P. R. Prucnal


2013

A leaky integrate-and-fire laser neuron for ultrafast cognitive computing
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 19, 1800212 (2013)
M. A. Nahmias, B. J. Shastri, A. N. Tait, P. R. Prucnal

The DREAM: an integrated photonic thresholder
Journal of Lightwave Technology 31, 1263–1272 (2013)
A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, M. A. Nahmias, M. P. Fok, P. R. Prucnal

Optical steganography based on amplified spontaneous emission noise
Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 2065–2071, (Jan. 2013)
B. Wu, Z. Wang, Y. Tian, M. P. Fok, B. J. Shastri, D. R. Kanoff, P. R. Prucnal


2012

[Invited]
20-GSample/s (10 GHz × 2 clocks) burst-mode CDR based on injection locking and space sampling for multiaccess networks
IEEE Photonics Journal 4, 1783–1793 (2012)
B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, D. V. Plant

Truly modular burst-mode CDR with instantaneous phase acquisition for multiaccess networks
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 24, 134–136 (2012)
B. J. Shastri, D. V. Plant


2011

Circuit modeling of carrier–photon dynamics in composite-resonator vertical-cavity lasers
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 47, 1537–1546 (2011)
B. J. Shastri, C. Chen, K. D. Choquette, D. V. Plant


2010

5/10-Gb/s burst-mode clock and data recovery based on semiblind oversampling for PONs: theoretical and experimental
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 16, 1298–1320 (2010)
B. J. Shastri, D. V. Plant

Experimental study of burst-mode reception in a 1300 km deployed fiber link
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 2, 1–9 (2010)
B. J. Shastri, Y. B. M'Sallem, N. Zicha, L. A. Rusch, S. LaRochelle, D. V. Plant


2009

Performance analysis of burst-mode receivers with clock phase alignment and forward error correction for GPON
Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 60, 57–70 (2009)
B. J. Shastri, J. Faucher, N. Kheder, M. Zeng, N. Zicha, D. V. Plant


2008

Experimental demonstration of a SAC-OCDMA PON with burst-mode reception: local versus centralized sources
Journal of Lightwave Technology 26, 1192–1203 (2008)
Z. A. El-Sahn, B. J. Shastri, M. Zeng, N. Kheder, D. V. Plant, L. A. Rusch

A standalone burst-mode receiver with clock and data recovery, clock phase alignment, and RS(255,239) codes for SAC-OCDMA applications
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 20, 363–365 (2008)
B. J. Shastri, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Zeng, N. Kheder, L. A. Rusch, D. V. Plant


2007

Face recognition using localized features based on non-negative sparse coding
Machine Vision and Applications 18, 107–122 (2007)
B. J. Shastri, M. D. Levine