Distorted fiber-optic long-distance signals recovered quickly/ efficiently in all-optical neural network rather than digital signal processor

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-optical-ai-recovers-distorted-telecom.html

"as data speeds increase, signals become more prone to noise/ overlap, overcome integrating nonlinear optical nodes (acting like signal equalizing neurons)/ microring resonators... AI uses light wave's physical properties for calculations undoing damage in real-time... >100 Gbaud data rate with sub-nanosecond latency, no power-hungry analog-to-digital converters so up to 1,000X less energy per bit... greater fiber optic distance before signals need refreshing... 6G+, higher-capacity data centers"