A new version of the advanced multiband optical link analyzer, PCFM 1.1, is now available for download.

The software can be downloaded from the Zenodo repository, at this link:

https://zenodo.org/records/16967985

Thanks to the many people that have visited the Zenodo repository so far: over 340 since we published the first version!
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For version 1.0 and the basics on the GN/EGN-model PCFM link calculator, please see the previous post below.

A new advanced multiband optical link analyzer, PCFM 1.0, is now available for download.

PCFM 1.0 allows you to model an arbitrary multiband (such as C+L+S+more) optical system, with no constraints: each span can be different, use a different fiber and a different amplifier. You can have as many span as you please, from single-span to transoceanic (100+ spans). Each WDM channel can be different too, in all its features. Channel spacing needs not be uniform.