Time-multiplexed optical systems for reservoir computing and coherent Ising machines

Multiple photonic systems show great promise for providing practical yet powerful hardware substrates for neuromorphic computing. Among those, delay-based systems offer -through a time-multiplexing technique - a simple technological implementation route. We discuss our advances in the development of passive coherent fibre-ring cavities and semiconductor lasers with integrated delay for reservoir computing. Time-multiplexed systems are also highly suitable for coherent Ising machines as they allow to implement a fully interconnected large scale system with few components. We have recently proposed a system based on opto-electronic oscillators subjected to self-feedback with improved calculation time and solution quality.