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Quantifying Spectral and Energy Efficiency Limitations of WDM Networks due to Crosstalk in Optical Nodes

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Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, page M3C.3. Optical Society of America, (2017)
DOI: 10.1364/ACPC.2017.M3C.3

Abstract

We demonstrate the significant impact of crosstalk between add and drop ports at optical nodes on energy-efficiency per Hertz in WDM networks employing 32/64 Gbd DP-16QAM transmission, especially when the isolation is reduced to 30dB.

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