We successfully realized layered decoding for LDPC convolutional codes designed for application in high speed optical transmission systems. A relatively short code with 20% redundancy was FPGA-emulated with a Q-factor of 5.7dB at BER of 10 -15 .

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Direct detection systems with advanced modulation schemes are of great importance in metropolitan networks, because of their low cost and low power requirements. In particular, PAM-4 has attracted considerable attention, but has significant transmission distance limitations in the C-band. To extend its reach, we used a dual drive Mach-Zehnder modulator to generate a chromatic dispersion (CD) pre-compensated signal with an extra (j-1) multiplication to align the optical carrier and the modulated optical signal; by doing so, we achieved successful 128 Gbit/s transmission over an 80 km SSMF link, the longest reported reach of single lane 100 Gbit/s PAM-4 signals over DCF-free links. Synchronized bandwidth pre-compensation was also used, to reduce the influence of bandwidth-limitations.

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