Enhancing O-Band PAM Performance With a CNN at Equal Complexity to an FIR Filter
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Abstract
Multiple-level intensity-modulation with directdetection (IM/DD) is a cost-effective solution for increasing capacity within data centers and other short haul links. Conventional equalizers, typically based on linear filtering, are designed under Gaussian noise assumptions; amplified IM/DD links have non-Gaussian statistics. Neural network (NN) solutions can adapt naturally to both standard (Gaussian) and amplified (non-Gaussian) IM/DD systems. In contrast to previous research, we examine neural network implementations that incur no increase in complexity over simple, finite impulse response filtering. Comparing standard filtering with our NN solution, our experiments with a silicon photonic modulator in the Oband show gains from 0.25-0.75 dB in Q-factor across multiple wavelengths and fiber lengths. For example, a net rate of 100 Gb/s (post-KP4-FEC overhead) can be achieved at 1300 nm over 3.4 km. We achieved additional gain with a modified four-level constellation adapted to channel statistics. The same-complexity NN solution can be used for amplified IM/DD systems employing low-cost integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), such as metro/5G fronthaul links, and emerging multiplexing architectures with a shared laser and SOA.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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