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It takes some special procedures to characterize an optical fiber through measurement of its relevant characteristics. These procedures, often developed along with the fibers, are presented in this chapter.
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Mitschke, F. (2016). How to Measure Important Fiber Characteristics. In: Fiber Optics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52764-1_7
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