Title :
Single material fibres for dispersion compensation
Author :
Birks, T.A. ; Mogilevtsev, D. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P.St.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
Abstract :
Approximate calculations show that the dispersion of photonic crystal fibers could exceed -2000 ps/nm/km. They could also compensate (to within 0.4%) the dispersion of 35 times their length of standard fiber over a 100-nm range.
Keywords :
approximation theory; compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; photonic band gap; 1300 nm; 1550 nm; approximate calculations; compensate; fibre dispersion compensation; photonic crystal fiber dispersion; single material fibres; standard fiber; Chromatic dispersion; Crystalline materials; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers; Physics; Propagation constant; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766010
