Electronics and communications engineering

Scattering effects

Kerr effects

Raman effects

Tomlinson effects

A loss mechanism related to the material composition and fabrication of fiber

A transmission loss for optical fibers

Results in attenuation of transmitted light

Causes of transfer of optical power

Hyperbolic path along the axis

Parabolic path along the axis

Helical path

Path where rays changes angles at core-cladding interface

Smaller than

Larger than

Negligible than

Equal to

Overlapping but same pulses

Overlapping but distinguishable pulses

Non-overlapping and same pulses

Non-overlapping but distinguishable pulses

90 degree to each other

Less than 90 degree

Greater than 90 degree

180 degree apart

Maxwell's equations

Peterman equations

Allen Cahn equations

Boltzmann's equations

Polarization

Cutoff

Fiber birefringence

Fiber splicing

TRUE

nan

nan

nan

0.9 to 1.2 ns/km

0.2 to 1 ns/km

0.23 to 5 ns/km

0.45 to 8 ns/km