Nonlinear ISI cancellation in VSSB Nyquist-SCM system with symbol pre-distortion

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a 40-Gbps virtual single sideband (VSSB) Nyquist-subcarrier-modulation (Nyquist-SCM) direct detection scheme with symbol pre-distortion to mitigate the nonlinear inter-symbol interference (ISI) caused by dispersion and square-law detection. The experimental result shows that 2.6-dB receiver sensitivity improvement is obtained after 100-km standard single mode fiber (SSMF) transmission.