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Low-Complexity Frequency Packing to Enable Filtering-Tolerant DSCM Transmission

Patel, R. K. ; Mumtaz, S. ; Fernandes, M. ; Oliveira, B. M. ; Charlet, G. ; Zhao, Y. ; Monteiro, P. ; Lorences-Riesgo, A. ; Guiomar, F. P.

Low-Complexity Frequency Packing to Enable Filtering-Tolerant DSCM Transmission, Proc Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Diego, United States, Vol. , pp. - , March, 2024.

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1364/OFC.2024.W1E.6

 

Abstract
Employing optimized frequency packing over digital subcarrier multiplexing (DSCM), we exploit the mitigation of WSS filtering penalties. After transmitting a 60 Gbaud 8-DSCM with 0.2 roll-off over 5-10 WSSs, we experimentally demonstrate OSNR gains of >3 dB, without additional DSP complexity.