Cutoff wavelength
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In fiber optics, the cutoff wavelength for a mode in an optical fiber or waveguide is the longest wavelength for which that mode can propagate. For single-mode optical fiber, the cutoff wavelength is approximately the wavelength at which the normalized frequency is equal to 2.405.