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By means of numerical simulations, we demonstrated that all-optical signal processing methods (XPM-suppressor module and in-line nonlinear equalization) significantly increase the system performance of digital nonlinear compensation (digital backward propagation) and improve the system performance in five-channel 112 Gbit/s DP-16QAM and DP-QDB transmission over 2400 km large- effective-area pure-silica-core fiber (\(\hbox {LA}_\mathrm{eff}\)-PSCF). The system performance is quantified with the help of Q-factor (dB) for both dispersion-managed and nondispersion-managed fiber links.
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Asif, R., Ahmad, R. & Basir, R. Hybrid opto-digital signal processing in 112 Gbit/s DP-16QAM and DP-QDB transmission for long-haul large-\(\hbox {A}_\mathrm{eff}\) pure-silica-core fiber links. Photon Netw Commun 32, 1–8 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-015-0533-z
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