Which phenomenon limits the usable bandwidth in long-distance optical fiber communication?

💡 Explanation

When light pulses travel long distances in fiber, chromatic dispersion, resulting from different wavelengths traveling at slightly different speeds because of material properties, causes pulse broadening which overlaps adjacent pulses, therefore limiting bandwidth. Therefore pulse broadening results, rather than intensity reduction, polarization modulation, or signal loss, which have different mechanisms.

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