Which mechanism limits the effective range of an optical fiber signal propagation?

💡 Explanation

When signals travel in optical fibers, chromatic dispersion occurs because different wavelengths propagate at slightly different speeds causing pulse broadening which makes signal decoding at the reciever increasingly difficult over long distances. Therefore chromatic dispersion limits range, rather than other other optical defects without pulse broadening.

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