Real-Time 400 Gbit/s PAM-4 Optical Link over 30 km for Future Access Network

We experimentally demonstrate a 4λ WDM real-time 100 Gbit/s/λ PAM-4 fiber link supporting 30 km of fiber propagation and 23.5 dB supported channel insertion losses using analog pre-equalization and common semiconductor based optical pre-amplification.