1 Scope
2
References
2.1 Normative references
2.2 Informative references
3
Terms and definitions
3.1 General definitions
3.2 Mechanical characteristics
3.3 Mode field characteristics
3.4 Glass geometry characteristics
3.5 Chromatic dispersion definitions
3.6 Other characteristics
4
Abbreviations and acronyms
5
Test methods
5.1 Test methods for the mode field diameter
5.2 Test methods for the cladding diameter, core concentricity
error and cladding non‑circularity
5.3 Test methods for the cut-off wavelength
5.4 Test methods for the attenuation
5.5 Test methods for the chromatic dispersion
5.6 Test methods for prooftesting
Annex A
– Chromatic dispersion fitting
A.1 General
A.2 Definition of equations and
fitting coefficients
A.3 Fitting procedure
Appendix
I – Methods of cut-off wavelength interpolation
I.1 Limited negative error
method
I.2 Least squares method
Appendix
II – Test method for measuring chromatic dispersion uniformity based on the backscattering technique
II.1 General
II.2 Test apparatus
II.3 Measurement procedure
II.4 Presentation of the results
II.5 References
Appendix III –
Example of a matrix model
BIBLIOGRAPHY