Which mechanism causes increased signal attenuation in fiber optic cables manufactured with microscopic crystal defects?

💡 Explanation

Rayleigh scattering appears because crystal defects induce density fluctuations, therefore light is scattered rather than transmitted. This mechanism leads to significant signal loss especially at shorter wavelengths, because it's proportional to the inverse fourth power.

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