IP Library Granted Patent US 12,393,096
Granted Patent B2
US 12,393,096 · App. 18/328,555 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Tensorized integrated coherent Ising machine

Inventors: Xian Xiao (Santa Barbara, CA); Thomas Van Vaerenbergh (Flemish Brabant, BE); Raymond G. Beausoleil (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
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Patent No.
US 12,393,096
App. No.
18/328,555
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples of the present technology provide “tensorized” integrated coherent Ising machines that improve scalability by leveraging a tensorized optical coupling matrix comprising layers of multi-wavelength photonic tensor-train (TT) cores cascaded together via passive optical cross-connects. A multi-wavelength photonic TT core may comprise a Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI) mesh (i.e., a lattice/array of interconnected MZIs) that modulates the phase and/or amplitude of optical signals. Tensorized integrated CIMs of the present technology can achieve further scalability optimizations by implementing bistable Ising nodes via one or more multi-wavelength Ising node collections. A multi-wavelength Ising node collection may comprise a bistable Ising nodes implemented on a common MZI, where each bistable Ising node of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection is associated with a separate wavelength of light.

Claims (75)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprising bistable Ising nodes associated with separate wavelengths of light;

a tensorized optical coupling matrix;

a multi-wavelength Ising node collection-to-tensorized optical coupling matrix waveguide optically connecting an output from the multi-wavelength Ising node collection to an input of the tensorized optical coupling matrix; and

a tensorized optical coupling matrix-to-multi-wavelength Ising node collection waveguide optically connecting an output from the tensorized optical coupling matrix to an input of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the multi-wavelength Ising node collection-to-tensorized optical coupling matrix waveguide and the tensorized optical coupling matrix-to-multi-wavelength Ising node collection waveguide optically connect the multi-wavelength Ising node collection and the tensorized optical coupling matrix to form an Ising machine feedback loop.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bistable Ising nodes are implemented on a Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI).

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the MZI of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprises:

a first arm waveguide;

a second arm waveguide;

an input-side optical coupler that:

receives a first input from the tensorized optical coupling matrix-to-multi-wavelength Ising node collection waveguide and a second input from a feedback waveguide, and

outputs a first output to the first arm waveguide and a second output to the second arm waveguide; and

an output-side optical coupler that:

receives a first input from the first arm waveguide and a second input from the second arm waveguide, and

outputs a first output to the multi-wavelength Ising node collection-to-tensorized optical coupling matrix waveguide and a second output to the feedback loop waveguide;

wherein the bistable Ising nodes of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection are implemented on the MZI between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:

a first bistable Ising node of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprises:

a first optical resonator optically coupled to the first arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler, and

a second optical resonator optically coupled to the second arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler; and

a second bistable Ising node of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprises:

a third optical resonator coupled to the first arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler, and

a fourth optical resonator coupled to the second arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:

the first and second optical resonators are configured to modulate light of the first bistable Ising nodes' associated wavelength; and

the third and fourth optical resonators are configured to modulate light of the second bistable Ising nodes' associated wavelength.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a pump, wherein:

an output of the pump is optically connected to the feedback loop waveguide;

the pump, the first optical resonator, and the second optical resonator are configured to store two anti-correlated states associated with the first bistable Ising node; and

the pump, the third optical resonator, and the fourth optical resonator are configured to store two anti-correlated states associated with the second bistable Ising node.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tensorized optical coupling matrix comprises multi-wavelength photonic tensor-train (TT) core layers cascaded together by passive optical cross-connects.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a multi-wavelength photonic TT core layer of the multi-wavelength photonic TT core layers comprises one or more multi-wavelength photonic TT cores.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a multi-wavelength photonic TT core of the one or more multi-wavelength photonic TT cores comprises an MZI mesh.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprising bistable Ising nodes implemented on an MZI, wherein the bistable Ising nodes are associated with separate wavelengths of light;

a tensorized optical coupling matrix;

a multi-wavelength Ising node collection-to-tensorized optical coupling matrix waveguide optically connecting an output from the multi-wavelength Ising node collection to an input of the tensorized optical coupling matrix; and

a tensorized optical coupling matrix-to-multi-wavelength Ising node collection waveguide optically connecting an output from the tensorized optical coupling matrix to an input of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection;

wherein the multi-wavelength Ising node collection-to-tensorized optical coupling matrix waveguide and the tensorized optical coupling matrix-to-multi-wavelength Ising node collection waveguide optically connect the multi-wavelength Ising node collection and the tensorized optical coupling matrix to form an Ising machine feedback loop.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the MZI of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprises:

a first arm waveguide;

a second arm waveguide;

an input-side optical coupler that:

receives a first input from the tensorized optical coupling matrix-to-multi-wavelength Ising node collection waveguide and a second input from a feedback waveguide, and

outputs a first output to the first arm waveguide and a second output to the second arm waveguide; and

an output-side optical coupler that:

receives a first input from the first arm waveguide and a second input from the second arm waveguide, and

outputs a first output to the multi-wavelength Ising node collection-to-tensorized optical coupling matrix waveguide and a second output to the feedback loop waveguide;

wherein the bistable Ising nodes of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection are implemented on the MZI between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein:

a first bistable Ising node of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprises:

a first optical resonator optically coupled to the first arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler, and

a second optical resonator optically coupled to the second arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler; and

a second bistable Ising node of the multi-wavelength Ising node collection comprises:

a third optical resonator coupled to the first arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler, and

a fourth optical resonator coupled to the second arm waveguide between the input-side optical coupler and the output-side optical coupler.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:

the first and second optical resonators are configured to modulate light of the first bistable Ising nodes' associated wavelength; and

the third and fourth optical resonators are configured to modulate light of the second bistable Ising nodes' associated wavelength.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a pump, wherein:

an output of the pump is optically connected the feedback loop waveguide;

the pump, the first optical resonator, and the second optical resonator are configured to store two anti-correlated states associated with the first bistable Ising node; and

the pump, the third optical resonator, and the fourth optical resonator are configured to store two anti-correlated states associated with the second bistable Ising node.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the tensorized optical coupling matrix comprises multi-wavelength photonic TT core layers cascaded together by passive optical cross-connects.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a multi-wavelength photonic TT core layer of the multi-wavelength photonic TT core layers comprises one or more multi-wavelength photonic TT cores.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a multi-wavelength photonic TT core of the one or more multi-wavelength photonic TT cores comprises an MZI mesh.

19. An apparatus comprising:

bistable Ising nodes associated with separate wavelengths of light;

a tensorized optical coupling matrix;

a multiplexer that multiplexes optical signals received from bistable Ising node-to-multiplexer waveguides onto an input waveguide of the tensorized optical coupling matrix;

a demultiplexer that demultiplexes signals received from an output waveguide of the tensorized optical coupling matrix onto demultiplexer-to-bistable Ising node waveguides;

the bistable Ising node-to-multiplexer waveguides optically connecting outputs from the bistable Ising nodes to the multiplexer; and

the demultiplexer-to-bistable Ising node waveguides optically connecting outputs from the demultiplexer to the bistable Ising nodes.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the bistable Ising node-to-multiplexer waveguides and the demultiplexer-to-bistable Ising node waveguides connect the bistable Ising nodes and the tensorized optical coupling matrix to form an Ising machine feedback loop.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: XIAO, XIAN; VAN VAERENBERGH, THOMAS; BEAUSOLEIL, RAYMOND G.
To: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
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