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# Appendix 2 Acronyms

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APC | angle-polished convex (connector)
ASE | amplified spontaneous emission
ASK | amplitude shift keying
cw | continuous wave
DSF | dispersion-shifted fibre
DWDM | dense wavelength division multiplexing
EDFA | erbium-doped fibre amplifier
FWM | four-wave mixing
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission
IEE | Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK)
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA)
ISI | inter-symbol interference
ITU-T | International Telecommunication Union – Telecommunication Standardization Sector
LAN | local area network
LED | light-emitting diode
MEMS | micro-electro-mechanical system
NZ-DSF | non-zero dispersion-shifted fibre
OOK | on-off keying
PC | physical contact (connector)
PMD | polarization mode distortion
RIN | relative noise intensity
SBS | stimulated Brillouin scattering
SLA | semiconductor laser amplifier
SOA | semiconductor optical amplifier
SPM | self-phase modulation
SRS | stimulated Raman scattering
WDM | wavelength division multiplexing
XPM | cross-phase modulation

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