Summary
Can photonic programmability include nonlinear input–output functions?
Controls carrier excitation and dynamics in an active semiconductor to build polynomial optical responses.
Demonstrates reconfigured nonlinear connections and in-situ training.
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Commentary
System costs include excitation, control, readout and training; optical latency alone is not a complete benchmark.
Complements VCSEL spiking: both use active dynamics, but encode computation differently.
Interpretation and connections in this note, separate from the authors’ reported findings.