Semi-Analytical Model for the Performance Estimation of 100Gb/s PDM-QPSK Optical Transmission Systems without Inline Dispersion Compensation and Mixed Fiber Types

Abstract

We propose a simple semi-analytical model to predict the performance of transmission systems without in-line dispersion compensation and mixed fiber types. Comparing with numerical simulations we show that our model predicts the Q2 factor with an accuracy of 0.2 dB.