Photons as ants: a stigmergic photonic network

Hu, W., Wu, K., Shum, P., Zheludev, N. and Soci, C. (2015) Photons as ants: a stigmergic photonic network. In Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015. Optical Society of America..

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Abstract

Stigmergy is the cooperative behaviour of insects mediated by the environment, found for instance in the food searching activities of ants. The ant society communicates indirectly by marking routes with chemicals (pheromones), which attract other ants to tread the same route. Using stigmergy, the entire ant colony is finally able to find the optimal (shortest) path connecting the nest to the food.

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Published date: 2015

Venue - Dates: The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2015, Munich, Germany, 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25

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Local EPrints ID: 430434

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430434

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Author: W. Hu

Author: K. Wu

Author: P. Shum

Author: N. Zheludev

Author: C. Soci

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