The optical fiber communication band around 1260 to 1360 nm. It includes the region near 1.31 µm where chromatic dispersion in standard single-mode fiber is nearly zero, and is widely used for short links such as those inside data centers.
Japanese name: Oバンド
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Answer: B. Chromatic dispersion in standard single-mode fiber is nearly zero, so high-speed signal waveforms are less distorted
Chromatic dispersion is the spreading of optical pulses caused by slight differences in propagation speed through the fiber at different wavelengths. In standard single-mode fiber, dispersion is nearly zero around 1.31 µm, so high-speed signals can easily be sent a few km to about 10 km without dispersion compensation, and many data center optical transceivers use this band. Loss is lowest around 1.55 µm (about 0.2 dB/km); at 1.31 µm it is somewhat higher, about 0.3–0.35 dB/km. The photon energy at 1.31 µm is about 0.95 eV, which silicon does not absorb.
In standard single-mode fiber, chromatic dispersion is nearly zero around 1.31 µm (O-band); dispersion remains at 1.55 µm.
In long-haul optical fiber communication, what is the main …Because it does not rely on diffraction, its wavelength dependence is small, making it easy to obtain low loss of about 1–2 dB or less over a wide band spanning the O-band and C-band, and it also handles different polarizations more easily.
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