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2026

Highly scalable machine vision enabled with meta‑optics‑based ultra‑wide neural network eLight 6, 6 (2026) M. Luo, M. Jiang, B. J. Shastri, N. Zhou, W. Guo, J. Xiong, D. Wang, R. Zhou, C. Shu, Q. Dou, C. Huang
Neuromorphic photonic computing with an electro-optic analog memory Nature Communications 17,2472 (2026) S. Lam, A. Khaled, S. Bilodeau, B. A. Marquez, P. R. Prucnal, L. Chrostowski, B. J. Shastri, S. Shekhar
Non-volatile trimming of photonic micro-rings using integrated and electrically programmable phase-change elements Optical Materials Express 16, 721-732 (2026) X. Zhang, N. Rooney, S. Rahimi Kari, N. Nobile, M. Tamura, Z. Guo, C. Lian, C. A. Ríos Ocampo, B. J. Shastri, F. Xiong, N. Youngblood
Compact, reconfigurable, and scalable photonic neurons by modulation-and-weighting microring resonators eLight 6, 6 (2026) W. Zhang*, Y. Wang*, J. C. Lederman, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Fully integrated hybrid multimode-multiwavelength photonic processor with picosecond latency Nature Communications 17, 28 (2026) A. Khaled, A. Aadhi, C. Huang, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri

2025

High-speed multifunctional photonic memory on a foundry-processed photonic platform Optica 12, 31–38 (2025) S. Rahimi Kari, M. Tamura, Z. Guo, Y.-S. Huang, H. Sun, C. Lian, N. Nobile, J. Erickson, M. Moridsadat, C. A. Ríos Ocampo, B. J. Shastri, N. Youngblood
Programmable 200 GOPS Hopfield-inspired photonic Ising machine Nature 648, 576–584 (2025) arXiv:2509.09581 (preprint pdf) N. AL-Kayed*, C. St-Arnault*, H. Morison*, A. Aadhi, C. Huang, A. N. Tait, D. V. Plant, B. J. Shastri
Integrated optical-to-optical gain in a silicon photonic modulator neuron Optica 12, 1904-1911 (2025) J. C. Lederman, Y. O. Jimoh, Y. Wang, S. Bilodeau, E. C. Blow, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Hybrid quantum-classical photonic neural networks npj Unconventional Computing 2, 29 (2025) T. Austin, S. Bilodeau, A. Hayman, N. Rotenberg, B. J. Shastri
Photonic fully-connected hybrid beamforming using microring weight banks Communications Engineering 4, 201 (2025) M. Nichols, H. Morison, A. Eshaghi, B. Shastri, L. Lampe
Online training and pruning of photonic neural networks Nanophotonics 14, 5035-5046 (2025) J. Zhang, W. Zhang, T. Xu, J. C. Lederman, E. Doris, B. J. Shastri C. Huang, P. R. Prucnal
Toward in-sensor imaging classification enabled by on-chip all-optical modulation and photonic neural networks Optics Express 33, 34068–34078 (2025) J. Song, X. Xin, N. Jaeger, W. Cai, M. Hammood, S. Shekhar, B. Shastri, Z. Lin, L. Chrostowski
[Perspective] Building scalable silicon microring resonator-based neuromorphic photonic circuits using post-fabrication processing with photochromic material Advanced Optical Materials 2402706 (2025) L. Xu, J. Zhang, E. Doris. S. Bilodeau, J. A. Wisch, M. Gui, Y. Jimoh, B. J. Shastri, B. P Rand, P. R. Prucnal
High-speed multifunctional photonic memory on a foundry-processed photonic platform Optica 12. 31-38 (2025) S. Rahimi Kari, M. Tamura, Z. Guo, Y.-S. Huang, H. Sun, C. Lian, N. Nobile, J. Erickson, M. Moridsadat, C. A. Ríos Ocampo, B. J. Shastri, N. Youngblood
Fast and sensitive virus detection using a plasmonic sensor that integrates electrokinetically assisted sampling and surface-enhanced Raman scattering Sensors and Actuators Reports 9, 100273 (2025) S. Azimi, M. Moridsadat, B. Shastri, B. W. Banfield, C. Escobedo, A. Docoslis

2024

120 GOPS Photonic tensor core in thin-film lithium niobate for inference and in situ training Nature Communications 15, 9081 (2024). Z. Lin, B. J. Shastri et al.
Design of a monolithic silicon-on-insulator resonator spiking neuron Communications Physics 7, 303 (2024) M. Tamura, H. Morison, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri
All-optical organic photochemical integrated nanophotonic memory: low-loss, continuously tunable, non-volatile Optica 9, 1242-1249 (2024) S. Bilodeau, E. Doris, J .A. Wisch, M. Gui, B. P. Rand, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Low-latency passive thermal desensitization of a silicon micro-ring resonator with self-heating APL Photonics 9, 076117 (2024) J. C. Lederman, S. Bilodeau, E. Doris, E. C. Blow, W. Zhang, Y. Jimoh, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Control-free and efficient integrated photonic neural networks via hardware-aware training and pruning Optica 11, 1039–1049 (2024) T. Xu, W. Zhang, J. Zhang, Z. Luo, Q. Xiao, B. Wang, M. Luo, X. Xu, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, C. Huang
Physics to system-level modeling of silicon-organic-hybrid nanophotonic devices Scientific Reports 14, 11751 (2024) M. Moridsadat, M. Tamura, L. Chrostowski, S. Shekhar, B. J. Shastri
Optical spike amplitude weighting and neuromimetic rate coding using a joint VCSEL-MRR neuromorphic photonic system Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering 4, 024011 (2024) M. Hejda, E. A. Doris, S. Bilodeau, J. Robertson, D. Owen-Newns, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal, A. Hurtado
Reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits based on quantum dots Nanophotonics 13, 2951–2959 (2024) A. McCaw, J. Ewaniuk, B. J. Shastri, N. Rotenberg
Radio-frequency linear analysis and optimization of silicon photonic neural networks Advanced Photonics Research 2300306 (2024) E. C. Blow, S. Bilodeau, W. Zhang, T. Ferreira de Lima, J. Lederman, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Nonlinear dynamics in neuromorphic photonic networks: Physical simulation in Verilog-A Physical Review Applied 21, 034013 (2024) H. Morison, J. Singh, N. Al Kayed, A. Aadhi, M. Moridsadat, M. Tamura, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri

Editors’ Suggestion [Perspective]
Roadmapping the next generation of silicon photonics Nature Communications 15, 751 (2024) S. Shekhar, W. Bogaerts, L. Chrostowski, J. E. Bowers, M. Hochberg, R. Soref, B. J. Shastri
Media: Photonics.com
A system-on-chip microwave photonic processor solves dynamic RF interference in real time with picosecond latency Light: Science and Applications 13, 14 (2024) W. Zhang, J. C. Lederman, T. Ferreira de Lima, J. Zhang, S. Bilodeau, L. Hudson, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri, P. R. Prucnal
Media:  Phys.org • Light: Science & Applications. News & Views A. Khaled, A. Aadhi, C. Huang, A. N. Tait, B. J. Shastri

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