Which outcome occurs when applying excessive pressure to an optical fiber?

💡 Explanation

Increased pressure distorts the core geometry, changing the path lengths of modes. This causes increased modal dispersion because the different modes will travel at different speeds due to physical distortion; the mechanism is interference. Therefore, increased modal dispersion leading to errors would result, rather than enhanced attributes of fiber optic transmission.

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