Spectral width

Spectral width

In telecommunications, spectral width is the wavelength interval over which the magnitude of all spectral components is equal to or greater than a specified fraction of the magnitude of the component having the maximum value.

In optical communications applications, the usual method of specifying spectral width is the full width at half maximum. This method may be difficult to apply when the spectrum has a complex shape. Another method of specifying spectral width is a special case of root-mean-square deviation where the independent variable is wavelength, λ, and "f" (λ) is a suitable radiometric quantity.

The "relative spectral width", Δλ/λ, is frequently used where Δλ is obtained according to note 1, and λ is the center wavelength.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

ee also

Spectral linewidth in optics


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