Numerical investigation and scaling rules for the estimation of nonlinear interference variability of dispersion managed and unmanaged systems in presence of PMD and Kerr effects
Résumé
We estimate the Kerr nonlinear noise variance for WDM-PDM QPSK links and its variability in presence of PMD. Results specify rules giving the PMD-based NLI statistics and its evolution with distance for both legacy and recent coherent link designs