CHAPTER B | Cables
Fiber Standards
Table 19: Fiber Standards (Contin ued)
ITU-T
Standard Description Application
G.654 1550-nm Loss-Minimized Fiber
Single-mode, 9/125-m icr on c ore
Extended long-haul applications.
Optimized for high-power
transmission in the 1500 to 1600-nm
region, with low loss in the 1550-nm
band.
G.655 Non-Zero Dispersion-Shifted
Fiber
Single-mode, 9/125-m icr on c ore
Extended long-haul applications.
Optimized for high-power dense
wavelength-division multiplexing
(DWDM) operation in the region from
1500 to 1600-nm.
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