Rec. ITU-T G.653 (03/1993) � CHARACTERISTICS OF A 1550 nm WAVELENGTH LOSS-MINIMIZED SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
1 Fibre characteristics
    1.1 Mode field diameter
    1.2 Cladding diameter
    1.3 Mode field concentricity error
    1.4 Non-circularity
    1.5 Cut-off wavelength
    1.6 1550 nm bend loss performance
    1.7 Material properties of the fibre
    1.8 Longitudinal uniformity
2 Factory length specifications
    2.1 Attenuation coefficient
    2.2 Chromatic dispersion coefficient
3 Elementary cable sections
    3.1 Attenuation
    3.2 Chromatic dispersion