Optoelectronic 2D neuron array achieves broadband and low-loss optical nonlinearity accessible with ambient light

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-2d-optoelectronic-neuron-array-broadband.html

"integrates 2D transparent phototransistors with liquid crystal modulators... Light computes functions during propagation and interaction with structured materials... nonlinear self-amplitude modulation of spatially incoherent light, low optical intensity threshold, strong nonlinear contrast, broad spectral response, fast speed, low energy consumption and photon loss... intelligent glare reduction, computational imaging and sensing, nonlinear optical processors and networks using ambient light, not reliant on intense laser beams"