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A Simplified Dual-Carrier DP-64QAM 1 Tb/s TransceiverMillar, David S.; Pajovic, Milutin; Koike-Akino, Toshiaki; Kojima, Keisuke; Parsons, Kieran

TR2017-026 March 19, 2017

AbstractA 1 Tb/s net bitrate transceiver using a low complexity dual-carrier architecture with freerunning lasers and DP-64QAM, enabled by pilot-aided DSP and low-rate LDPC, is shown toachieve transmission over 400 km with 100 km amplifier spacing.

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