12 bits/s/Hz Spectral Efficiency Over the C-band Based on Comb-Based Superchannels

• We present transmission of three 50×24 Gbaud PM-256QAM superchannels with an overall spectral efficiency of 12 bits/s/Hz over the entire C-band. Each comb-based superchannel combines a single shared optical pilot tone with a low-overhead pilot-based DSP. The pilot tone is used to lock the transmitter and the receiver comb seed lasers, suppressing carrier offsets. Combined with optimized insertion ratio of the digital pilot symbols, the total overhead is minimized, avoiding any excess loss in spectral efficiency. Our results demonstrate the feasibility to exploit the unique properties of frequency combs in the design of high spectral efficiency multi-Tb/s superchannels.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

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