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