Abstract
The benefits of probabilistic shaping for coherent fiber-optic communications have been experimentally demonstrated recently. This work reviews the opportunities offered by probabilistic shaping, in particular spectral efficiency and reach gains, reduced FEC overhead, and flexibility.
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