Near-infrared artificial synapse based on a pristine InGaAs nanowire synaptic transistor

Abstract The rapid advancements in the field of artificial intelligence have intensified the urgent need for low-power, high-speed artificial synaptic devices. Here, a near-infrared (NIR) artificial synaptic device is successfully realized based on pristine InGaAs nanowires (NWs), which achieves a paired-pulse facilitation of up to 119%. Additionally, a postsynaptic current (PSC) in memory storage behavior has been implemented by applying different voltage pulses along with continuous illumination of 1064 nm NIR light due to the memristor characteristics of the device. 42% enhancement of excitatory PSC is achieved in the InGaAs NW artificial synapse by raising the voltage of pulse stimulation. More importantly, a transition from short-term memory to long-term memory in biological synaptic memory behavior is realized by applying pulse stimulation of varying durations, thereby enabling the realization of complex synaptic behaviors in artificial synapses. This work demonstrates the application potential of pristine InGaAs NWs in sensitive optoelectronic artificial synapses, which offers significant reference values to explore an effective and facile approach for developing synapses based on low-dimensional nanomaterials in artificial intelligence systems and neuromorphic computing technology.