Optical fibre, cables and systems

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Foreword .............................................................................................................................................
Preface

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CHAPTER 1 OPTICAL FIBRES CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................

Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................

Single-mode and multimode optical fibres ..............................................................................

Fibre design issues ...................................................................................................................

Fibre manufacturing methods ..................................................................................................

Specification of the optical fibres characteristics.....................................................................

Fibre attributes .........................................................................................................................

5.1 Core characteristics.........................................................................................................
5.2 Mode field characteristics ...............................................................................................
5.3 Effective area (Aeff ) .........................................................................................................
5.4 Cladding characteristics ..................................................................................................
5.5 Cut-off wavelength .........................................................................................................
5.6 Numerical aperture..........................................................................................................
5.7 Macrobending loss ..........................................................................................................
5.8 Fibre and protective materials.........................................................................................
5.9 Proof-stress level.............................................................................................................
5.10 Refractive index profile ..................................................................................................
5.11 Modal bandwidth ............................................................................................................
5.12 Chromatic dispersion ......................................................................................................
5.12.1 Chromatic dispersion definitions.......................................................................
5.12.2 Chromatic dispersion coefficient.......................................................................
5.12.3 Longitudinal uniformity of chromatic dispersion..............................................

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Cables attributes .......................................................................................................................

6.1 Attenuation......................................................................................................................
6.2 Polarization mode dispersion..........................................................................................

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Link attributes ..........................................................................................................................

7.1 Attenuation......................................................................................................................
7.1.1 Attenuation of a link ..........................................................................................
7.1.2 Wavelength dependence of attenuation .............................................................
7.2 Chromatic dispersion ......................................................................................................
7.2.1 Chromatic dispersion of a link...........................................................................
7.2.2 Wavelength dependence of chromatic dispersion .............................................
7.3 Differential group delay..................................................................................................
7.4 Non-linear coefficient .....................................................................................................

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