Novel microstructured optical fiber design for broadband dispersion compensation

Abstract

This paper investigates a novel microstructured optical fiber (MOF) geometry for broadband dispersion compensation. This geometry, defined as D-shaped MOF, or simply D-MOF, is shown to present wideband dispersion characteristics, covering two entire telecommunication bands, namely C-and L-bands. The dispersion value obtained for 1550nm is around -550 ps/(nm.km). In addition, the high birefringence of the D-MOF fibers (approximately 10 -2 ) can be explored for polarization maintaining applications.

A Measurement Method for Dispersion in Optical Fiber Communication with Long Distance

“…Where, 0  is constant, C is the speed of light in vacuum, 2  is the total group velocity dispersion, 3  is the three order dispersion of optical fiber. Therefore, the appropriate selection of the optical wavelength intensity, 2  and 3  can be obtained.…”

“…Different light components (different models or different frequency) usually travel at different speeds in optical fiber, and this phenomenon is known as dispersion [1][2][3]. Dispersion is an important optical characteristics in the optical fiber.…”