Reply To: What is the Best Way to Calculate DCF length

[Abhishek ShramaParticipant]

Hello!!
I agree with explainations given above.
Dispersion and FWM are inversely related. value od dispersion in DCF is usually taken -85ps/nm/km which adds to non linear impairments.
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