Which risk dramatically increases when birefringence is ignored in optical fiber communication?

💡 Explanation

Polarization mode dispersion arises because various polarization states travel at slightly different speeds, and this difference accumulates over long distances. Ignoring birefringence leads to unpredictable polarization changes; therefore, signal distortion increases rather than other signal degradation factors.

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