CONTENTS

 1     Scope        
 2     References             
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms           
 5     Environmental characteristics of optical fibre and cable       
        5.1     Temperature dependence of chromatic dispersion      
        5.2     Temperature dependence of polarization mode dispersion (PMD)        
 6     Length related characteristics of optical fibre and cable       
        6.1     Cut-off wavelength   
        6.2     SBS power rating      
        6.3     FWM efficiency         
Appendix I – Intrinsic material characteristics of optical fibre    
        I.1               Rayleigh scattering        
        I.2               Material dispersion       
        I.3               Non-linear refractive index        
        I.4          Raman gain coefficient