CONTENTS

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3    
Definitions 
 4     Abbreviations           
 5     Fibre attributes        
        5.1     Mode field diameter   
        5.2     Cladding diameter       
        5.3     Core concentricity error            
        5.4     Non-circularity             
        5.5     Cut-off wavelength     
        5.6     Macrobending loss      
        5.7     Material properties of the fibre              
        5.8     Refractive index profile             
        5.9     Longitudinal uniformity of chromatic dispersion              
       5.10     Chromatic dispersion coefficient          
 6     Cable attributes       
        6.1     Attenuation coefficient             
        6.2     Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) coefficient
 
7     Table of recommended values           
Appendix I – Information for link attributes and system design    
        I.1                 Attenuation       
        I.2                 Chromatic dispersion      
        I.3                 Differential group delay (DGD)    
        I.4                 Non-linear coefficient    
        I.5                 Tables of common typical values
        I.6                 Chromatic dispersion coefficient limits    
Bibliography