Author:
Pelusi Mark,Schou Christian Koefoed,Matsumoto Ryosuke,Inoue Takashi,Namiki Shu,Oxenløwe Leif K,Galili Michael
Abstract
Pre-compensation of Kerr nonlinearity in unrepeated fiber links is demonstrated by optical phase conjugation and advanced signal pre-distortion fiber designs. Improved Q
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-factor by up to 3.7 dB is achieved for WDM 5×8 Gbaud DP 16-QAM signals in 224 km standard fiber.