Title :
Dispersion compensation using single-material fibers
Author :
Birks, T.A. ; Mogilevtsev, D. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Group, Bath Univ., UK
fDate :
6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The properties of photonic crystal fibers with large air holes can be modeled by a silica rod in air. Such approximate calculations show that the dispersion of photonic crystal fibers could exceed -2000 ps/mm/km, or they could compensate (to within /spl plusmn/0.2%) the dispersion of 35 times their length of standard fiber over a 100-nm range.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; photonic band gap; SiO/sub 2/; approximate calculations; large air holes; photonic crystal fiber dispersion; photonic crystal fibers; silica rod; single-material fiber dispersion compensation; standard fiber length; Crystalline materials; Data communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Propagation constant; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
