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What do you understand by intramodal dispersion? Derive the expression for material dispersion.
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Pulse broadening within a single mode is called as intramodal dispersion or chromatic dispersion.
The two main causes of intramodal dispersion are as follows:
a. Waveguide dispersion:
It occurs because a single mode fiber confines only about 80% of the optical power to the core.
Dispersion thus arises since the …