人工神经网络的光学实施是一项将光学和神经网络结合的课题。使这两个领域结合的概念是连结主义。在光计算机中,以光子代替电子作为信息载体。光子作信息载体的优点在于光子间没有直接相互作用,从而易于建立一种联系大量处理元的通信网络,因此光计算机的设计自然会导向需要很多联系的结构。另一方面,神经计算机是一种计算结构,其设计至少部分受到神经系统的促进。大脑的一个最显著特点是其稠密联接性。每一神经元一 Optical implementation of artificial neural networks is a subject that combines optical and neural networks. The concept of combining these two areas is connectivism. In light computers, photons replace electrons as information carriers. The advantage of a photon as an information carrier is that there is no direct interaction between the photons, making it easy to establish a communication network that connects a large number of processing elements so the design of an optical computer naturally leads to structures that require many connections. On the other hand, a neurocomputer is a computational structure whose design is at least partially motivated by the nervous system. One of the most prominent features of the brain is its dense coupling. One for each neuron