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Dispersion
The cause of bandwidth limitations in a fiber. dispersion causes a broadening of input pulses along the length of the fiber. Three major types are: (1) modal dispersion caused by differential optical path lengths in a multimode fiber; (2) chromatic dispersion caused by a differential delay of various wavelengths of light in a waveguide material; and (3) waveguide dispersion caused by light traveling in both the core and cladding materials in single-mode fibers.
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