Single-step digital backpropagation for subcarrier-multiplexing transmissions.

We propose and demonstrate a single-step digital back propagation (DBP) algorithm for metro and regional transmissions with high order modulation formats. Based on subcarrier-multiplexing (SCM)-DBP, two modifications are made to improve performance and reduce complexity for the targeted link scenarios. First, an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter is adopted in self-subcarrier nonlinear compensation.

Low complexity split digital backpropagation for digital subcarrier-multiplexing optical transmissions.

A split digital backpropagation (DBP) scheme for digital subcarrier-multiplexing (SCM) transmissions, denoted as SSDBP, is proposed and studied in both experiments and simulations. The implementation of the SSDBP is split at the transmitter and the receiver, leveraging existing chromatic dispersion (CD) compensation blocks to reduce complexity. We experimentally demonstrate that the SSDBP, with a complexity reduction up to 50% compared to the original receiver based SCM-DBP, can achieve a nonlinear compensation Q gain of 0.

First experimental demonstration of faster-than-Nyquist PDM-16QAM transmission over standard single mode fiber.

We demonstrate faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) transmission with a novel mitigation scheme of intercarrier interference. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first experimental demonstration of FTN PDM-16QAM transmission over standard single mode fiber (SSMF). Due to the use of maximum likelihood sequence detection and multi-input multi-output processing for severely overlapped Nyquist-PDM-16QAM carriers, 5.