Filtering tolerance of 512-Gb/s dual-carrier PDM-16QAM signals in 75-GHz-Grid ROADM networks

We experimentally investigate filtering tolerance of 32-Gbaud DC-PDM-16QAM signals in 75-GHz-grid ROADM networks considering the trade-off between subcarrier-filtering and inter-subcarrier crosstalk.

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