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    • Optical Communications
    • Signal Processing
    • Nonlinear Systems

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    • Nonlinear impairments from transceiver components challenge high-speed, low-latency short-reach optical systems.
    • Volterra Nonlinear Equalization (VNLE) mitigates these issues but has high computational complexity, limiting its use in energy-efficient data centers.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a Hybrid Pruned VNLE (HP-VNLE) that reduces computational complexity while maintaining low bit error rate (BER) performance.
    • To investigate the effectiveness of structured and unstructured kernel reduction for VNLE complexity mitigation.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a Hybrid Pruned VNLE (HP-VNLE) using structured (center-spread VNLE) and unstructured kernel reduction.
    • Analyzed the tap significance in third-order unpruned VNLE to justify pruning strategies.
    • Combined the third-order HP-VNLE with a linear equalizer and a 1-tap decision feedback equalizer (DFE).

    Main Results:

    • HP-VNLE significantly reduces computational complexity compared to unpruned VNLE.
    • The performance of HP-VNLE is highly dependent on the initial tap configuration from the center-spread (CS)VNLE.
    • The hybrid approach (third-order HP-VNLE + linear equalizer + 1-tap DFE) achieved superior BER performance over unpruned VNLE.

    Conclusions:

    • HP-VNLE offers a practical solution for mitigating nonlinear impairments in optical systems.
    • The proposed method enhances system performance and reduces computational load, crucial for energy-efficient, low-cost data centers.
    • This hybrid approach provides a promising solution for optimizing energy efficiency, complexity, and data rates in future optical communication systems.