A team of researchers from the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) has reshaped the future of brain-inspired computing by developing a tiny quantum resonant tunneling diode (RTD), that mimics a sensory neuron.
The device, inspired by the way biological neurons process information, has the ability to detect light and convert it into electrical signals within a single nanoscale component, operating quickly, efficiently, and with minimal energy.
Bruno Romeira, PhD, a researcher at INL and the study’s corresponding author, highlighted the neuron’s role in advancing efficient computing and optical sensing. “This is possible because we are using quantum phenomena,” he says.
