512-Gb/s DP-16-QAM field trial over 734 km installed SSMF with co-propagating 10 Gb/s NRZ neighbors incorporating soft-FEC decoding

We report on a 512-Gb/s dual-carrier DP-16-QAM long haul field trial over 734 km of dispersion compensated SSMF with 10-Gb/s neighbors. Soft FEC decoding was utilized in the receiver DSP confirming successful transmission.