1 Scope
2 References
3 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 the macrobend loss
5.7 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
Appendix III – Example of a matrix model
Bibliography