//Optoelectronics and Fiber Optics Communication by C.R. Sarkar and D.C. Sarkar //Example 3.7 //OS = Windows 7 //Scilab version 5.5.2 clc; clear; //given C=3*10^8;//speed of light in m/s lamda=0.85*10^-6;//wavelength in m SW=0.003*10^-6;//spectrum width in m Ym=0.021;//material dispersion parameter (ps/Km.nm) Gamma=SW/lamda; taubyZ=(Gamma/C)*(Ym)//in ns/Km deltafZ=(C)/(4*Gamma*Ym);//Bandwidth distance product in GHz.Km mprintf("\n Bandwidth distance product is =%.0fGHz.Km",deltafZ/1e12);//division by 1e9 to convert unit to GHz.Km from Hz.m