Optics2026-01-171 minarXiv:2601.11857expressA Neuron Made of Light and MotionA light pulse in an optical fiber is like a starter's pistol shot: short, sharp, and unmistakable against the silence. It is exactly such pulses that the new artificial neuron, built on a silicon chip, produces.Gregorio Beltramo·Róbert Horváth·Grégoire Beaudoin·Isabelle Sagnes·Sylvain Barbay·Rémy BraiveJohn von NeumannJohann Jakob BalmerHans Betheneuronphotonic crystalscomputer visionneural networks👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced