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

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

Fig. 3-8: Microbending losses

Fig. 3-10: Pulse broadening and attenuation

Fig. 3-17: Polarization mode dispersion

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