Pulse Spreading

As a result of material chromatic dispersion, light with a wavelength spread, ∆λ0, will exhibit a temporal spread, ∆τ, as it travels through the material of length λ.

Pulse Spreading
 

Related Terms: Chromatic Dispersion, Differential Group Delay (DGD), Group Delay Dispersion (GDD), Group Velocity Delay (GVD), Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)