Which failure occurs when chromatic dispersion exceeds acceptable limits in a fiber optic link employing dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)?

💡 Explanation

Exceeding chromatic dispersion limits in DWDM causes severe inter-channel interference because the pulse broadening mechanism leads to significant overlap between adjacent wavelengths, therefore bit errors increase rapidly, rather than simple power fading which would be consistent across all channels.

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