Abstract
We analyze optical transmission characteristics of polarization-multiplexed WDM signals using 64-QAM and 256-QAM formats at 12.5 Gsymbol/s. XPM between WDM channels and two polarization tributaries limit the transmission distance below 1,000 km.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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