Probabilistically shaped PDM 4096-QAM transmission over up to 200 km of fiber using standard intradyne detection

Opt Express. 2018 Feb 19;26(4):4522-4530. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.004522.

Abstract

We demonstrate transmission of a probabilistically shaped polarization-division multiplexed 3-GBd 4096-QAM signal over up to 200 km of backward Raman amplified Corning® Vascade® EX2000 fiber. The 3-GBd signal with a root-raised-cosine roll-off of 0.01 has the potential to generate a spectral efficiency of 19.77 bit/s/Hz over 50 km of fiber.