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Published October 5, 2025 | Version v1
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Blind Equalization in Dynamic PMD Channels Using Variational Autoencoders with LSTM

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  • 1. ROR icon Eindhoven University of Technology

Description

We propose a new variational autoencoder-based blind equalizer for polarization demultiplexing, and assess it in a dynamic polarization channel. We demonstrate a 0.4 dB SNR gain and doubled tolerance to state-of-polarization drift compared to CMA-RDE.

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European Commission
NESTOR - Next generation high-speed optical networks for metro access 101119983