Diagnostic feasibility screen
Review existing IQ, RF, receiver, or photonic-chain data; identify missing controls; and define the next experiment.
$750–$1,500Send a brief ↗Find the memory effects ordinary tests leave hidden.
ARIES develops controlled input-output diagnostics for nonlinear RF, receiver, and photonic chains. The question is whether a response contains slower memory—not only instantaneous distortion.
The diagnostic
Separate memoryless distortion from slower chain memory.
A controlled carrier-plus-modulated-pump measurement selects a nonlinear sideband, corrects receiver drift with a common-path pilot, and tests a memory model on modulation rates it did not fit.
Validation status: the method is supported by numerical simulation. Physical-chain results, repeatability across sessions, and equal-time baselines still need to be established.
Example RF bench path
- Known source + modulationCarrier, pump, and controlled modulation rate.
- Nonlinear chain under testRF amplifier, mixer, receiver, modulator, photodiode, or related chain.
- Split + common-path pilotSource-only and receiver controls to separate drift from the response.
- Coherent readoutSelected nonlinear product and normalized response.
- Held-out memory testCompare a flat model with a pole-containing model on rates excluded from fitting.
What makes the result useful: selected nonlinear product, drift correction, equal-time conventional baselines, repeat-session checks, and explicit kill conditions when the ordinary explanation is just as good.
Services
Start with the smallest experiment that can answer the question.
Bring a chain with an unexplained response—or data that does not answer the question. ARIES defines the smallest defensible measurement and coordinates the work around your equipment or a validation partner.
Guided bench diagnostic
Plan and run the controlled source, DUT, pilot, coherent readout, and held-out-rate sequence. Remote if the bench can be operated remotely; otherwise on site.
$2,500–$5,000Discuss a pilot ↗Measurement design package
Turn a suspected nonlinear-memory problem into an acquisition recipe, control matrix, data contract, and acceptance gates.
Quoted to scopeBook a brief ↗Physical validation partnership
For a lab or instrument company able to provide a calibrated chain, repeat sessions, and conventional baselines. Programmable optical pathway isolation is scoped through this partner lane.
Scoped with partnerPartner inquiry ↗Optional measurement modules
Extend the core diagnostic when the chain needs a more specific control or planning pass.
Reference and drift-control design
Design a common-reference check that separates phase movement and receiver drift from the response of the chain under test.
Quoted to scopeDiscuss controls ↗Nonlinear-product and background review
Identify which nonlinear product carries the proposed response and test whether background or self-products can explain it first.
Quoted to scopeReview a product plan ↗Multicarrier margin review
Review a carrier plan and expected nonlinear products, identify collision and drift-margin risks, and return a revised measurement plan.
$750–$1,500Send a carrier plan ↗Who this is for
Teams that build or test nonlinear chains.
The diagnostic is designed for technical teams with a real chain, a puzzling memory effect, and enough data or bench access to run controls.
RF and receiver teams
Amplifier, mixer, converter, receiver, and communications teams investigating memory, intermodulation, drift, or unexplained distortion.
RF inquiry ↗Photonics and optical transceiver startups
Teams working with modulators, photodiodes, coherent receivers, or optical links that need a controlled memory experiment.
Photonic inquiry ↗Test labs and university groups
Independent labs and research teams that can provide a calibrated bench and need a reproducible protocol with failure gates.
Bench inquiry ↗Delivery: data screens and measurement design are remote; physical bench work happens at the customer or partner lab unless a remote-controlled setup is available.
Research and evidence boundary
Different directions. One evidence rule.
We share the research direction while keeping unpublished formulas, exact operators, thresholds, and claim details private.
- Programmable optical and RF pathsArchitectures for routing, multiplying, and reading interacting signals.
- Coherent phase and drift controlReference strategies for keeping a measurement meaningful as conditions move.
- Nonlinear memory measurementControlled interventions for separating pathway interaction from slower chain response.
- Multiplexed readout and margin monitoringAllocation and collision checks for dense frequency or channel plans.
Public status: simulation only. Hardware evidence, granted-patent status, production readiness, and performance claims require separate validation.
About ARIES
Measurement software first. Hardware evidence next.
ARIES Photonics Inc. is an independent Salt Lake City research company developing measurement systems for difficult RF and photonic chains. The commercial diagnostic begins with data and protocol design, then moves to a partner bench only when the evidence justifies it.
Alongside measurement research, ARIES develops DAiMON, a separate local AI workflow product.
Have a chain with unexplained memory?
Send the chain type, available data or bench access, the suspected memory effect, and what the conventional test has not explained.