Bio-Inspired Design of Superconducting Spiking Neuron and Synapse

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Abstract

The imitative modelling of processes in the brain of living beings is an ambitious task. However, advances in the complexity of existing hardware brain models are limited by their low speed and high energy consumption. A superconducting circuit with Josephson junctions closely mimics the neuronal membrane with channels involved in the operation of the sodium-potassium pump. The dynamic processes in such a system are characterised by a duration of picoseconds and an energy level of attojoules. In this work, two superconducting models of a biological neuron are studied. New modes of their operation are identified, including the so-called bursting mode, which plays an important role in biological neural networks. The possibility of switching between different modes in situ is shown, providing the possibility of dynamic control of the system. A synaptic connection that mimics the short-term potentiation of a biological synapse is developed and demonstrated. Finally, the simplest two-neuron chain comprising the proposed bio-inspired components is simulated, and the prospects of superconducting hardware biosimilars are briefly discussed.

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Schegolev, A. E., Klenov, N. V., Gubochkin, G. I., Kupriyanov, M. Y., & Soloviev, I. I. (2023). Bio-Inspired Design of Superconducting Spiking Neuron and Synapse. Nanomaterials, 13(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13142101

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