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Dispersion
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Chetan sir
Submitted by
Monika Tanwani
Types of Dispersion
Two types
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Waveguide Dispersion
1.Waveguide dispersion is chromatic dispersion which
arises from waveguide effects: The dispersive phase shifts
for a wave in a waveguide.
NOTE: The dispersive phase shifts for a wave in a
waveguide differ from those which the wave would
experience in a homogeneous medium.
2.The origin of waveguide dispersion can be understood by
considering that a guided wave has a frequency-dependent
distribution of wave vectors (k vectors), whereas a plain
wave (as the reference case) has only a single wave
vector, which points exactly in the propagation direction.
Dispersion Specifications
Multimode Fibre
For multimode fibre dispersion is both chromatic
and modal
Dispersion rarely specified, instead fibre bandwidth
is specified
Maximum bit rate can be found from bandwidth
Singlemode Fibre
For singlemode fibres chromatic dispersion is
present (also PMD?)
Chromatic dispersion is specified as ps/nm-km
ITU defines limits for various types and
wavelengths
Total dispersion must be calculated
Multimode Fibres
(1) The overall dispersion in multimode fibers
comprises
both chromatic and intermodal
terms.
(2).The total rms pulse broadening T is given
by:
T=(c2+n2) where
c is the chromatic broadening
n is the intermodal broadening
(3).Since waveguide dispersion is generally
negligible compared with material dispersion
in multimode fibers,then c =n.