Experimental Demonstration of 429.96-Gb/s OFDM/OQAM–64QAM Over 400-km SSMF Transmission Within a 50-GHz Grid

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a 429.96-Gb/s signal transmission over a 400-km standard single-mode fiber within the 50-GHz grid and successfully achieve spectral efficiency as high as 8.63 bit/s/Hz. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing/offset quadrature amplitude modulation with 64-quadrature amplitude modulation is selected as the modulation format to provide a “perfect” rectangular spectrum that efficiently reduces the channel crosstalk. No timing or frequency alignment is required for the subbands to form the superchannel.