Which risk increases when a long-distance fiber optic cable experiences stress-induced birefringence?

💡 Explanation

Birefringence causes polarization mode dispersion because optical signals with random polarization states propagate at different speeds, therefore pulse broadening increases rather than other effects, as modal interference destroys coherence.

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