//clear// //Caption:Calculation of normalized distance parameter for dispersion shifted fiber //Example12.5 //page 446 clear; clc; close; Ts = 20e-12; //FWHM soliton pulse width in seconds D = 0.5e-06; //dispersion of the fiber ps/(nm.km) Lambda = 1550e-9;//wavelength in meter C = 3e08;//free space velocity in m/s Ldisp = 0.322*2*%pi*C*(Ts^2)/((Lambda^2)*D); disp(Ldisp/1000,'dispersion length in Km Ldisp =') //Result //dispersion length in Km Ldisp = 202.10804