1 Scope
This document provides guidelines concerning single-mode fibre inter-compatibility.
A given category of single-mode fibre, for example B-655, can have different implementations
by suitably optimising several of the following parameters: mode field diameter (hence
effective area), chromatic dispersion coefficient, slope of the chromatic dispersion
curve, cable cut-off wavelength.
These guidelines indicate the items that are taken into account when planning to connect
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different implementations of single-mode fibres of the same category, for example
different implementations of Class B single-mode fibres, and
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single-mode fibres of different sub-categories, for example B-652.B with B-655.C.
See IEC 60793‑2‑50 for the attributes and definitions of single-mode fibre. The attributes and definitions
of fibres covered in this document are given in Table 1.
Table 1
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Correspondence table of various single-mode fibres
Common name