ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the mechanism and properties of light-wave modulated signals when they propagate in optical —bers, single-mode optical —bers (SMFs) only, in particular standard SMF (SSMF) and nonzero dispersion-shifted —bers (NZDSFs) and dispersioncompensating—bers. Attenuation and dispersion effects, the two principal phenomena in the design of transmission systems, are described in detail.
