Fig. 3-1: Optical fiber attenuation

Fig. 3-2: Effects of ionizing radiation

Fig. 3-3: Attenuation characteristics

Fig. 3-6: Single-mode fiber attenuation 4

Fig. 3-7: Power loss in a curved fiber 5

Fig. 3-8: Microbending losses 6

Fig. 3-10: Pulse broadening and attenuation 7

Fig. 3-17: Polarization mode dispersion 8

Fig. 3-24a: SM-fiber dispersions

Fig. 3-24b: SM-fiber dispersions

Fig. 3-28: Mode-field diameter vs wavelength

Fig. 3-29: Bending-induced attenuation

Fig. 3-30: Bending effects on loss vs MFD

Fig. 3-31: Bend loss versus bend radius