Table of Contents

 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    
 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