COMPARISON OF 2 RECONFIGURABLE NXN INTERCONNECTS FOR A RECURRENT NEURAL-NETWORK

Two different methods of pattern replication (conventional and interla ced fan-out) have been investigated and experimentally tested in a rec onfigurable 5x5 optical interconnect. Similar alignment problems due t o imaging errors (field curvature) were observed in both systems. We c onclude that of the two methods the interlaced fan-out is better suite d to avoid these imaging errors, to reduce system size and to implemen t an optical feedback loop.