Self-homodyne CO-OFDM packet transmitter with polarization-multiplexed pilot tone

Self-homodyne CO-OFDM packet transmission with polarization multiplexed pilot tone is demonstrated. Error-free operation is shown with laser linewidths of 700 kHz and data rates of 10.7 Gb/s and 19.6 Gb/s.

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