Wide-band dispersion compensating optical fiber

Author

Goel, A. ; Shevgaonkar, R.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Powai, India

Volume

8

Issue

12

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1668

Lastpage

1670

Abstract

A novel technique for wide-band dispersion compensation using multiply cladded fiber is presented here. The compensating fiber is designed to operate in LP/sub 11/ mode near its cutoff. The dispersion calculations are carried out by solving the wave equation with the help of quadratic FEM. It is shown that when an optimally designed dispersion compensating fiber is added with a step index, single mode fiber in proportion of 1:22.24, the average compensated dispersion reduces below 0.47 ps/km-nm over a wavelength range of 1480 to 1580 nm. The technique suggests a cost effective solution for upgrading the existing fiber-optic networks to future WDM systems.

Keywords

compensation; finite element analysis; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre theory; refractive index; wavelength division multiplexing; 1480 to 1580 nm; LP/sub 11/ mode; average compensated dispersion; compensating fiber; cost effective solution; cutoff; dispersion calculations; fiber-optic networks; future WDM systems; multiply cladded fiber; optimally designed dispersion compensating fiber; quadratic FEM; step index single mode fiber; wave equation; wavelength range; wide-band dispersion compensating optical fiber; Bandwidth; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Partial differential equations; Refractive index; Samarium; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.544713

Filename

544713