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Experimental Study of Intra- vs. Inter-Superchannel Spectral Equalization in Flexible Grid Systems

Saurabh Kumar, Roman Egorov, Kevin Croussore, Mark Allen, Matthew Mitchell, and Bert Basch

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Saurabh Kumar,1,*Roman Egorov,2Kevin Croussore,1Mark Allen,1Matthew Mitchell,1and Bert Basch2

1Infinera, 140 Caspian Ct., Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA

2Verizon Laboratories, Waltham, MA 02451 USA

*Corresponding author:skumar@infinera.com

National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2013

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Poster Session I (JW2A)

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Abstract

Benefits of intra-superchannel spectral-equalization are demonstrated in a production 8Tbps system. ~1.2dB OSNR improvement and ~4.5dB reduction in power-spread is measured relative to inter-superchannel equalization. Tradeoff between OSNR and nonlinearity dictates the net reach improvement.

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