Title :
Dispersion-compensating fibers and their applications
Author :
Nishimura, M. ; Onishi, M.
Author_Institution :
Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The concept of compensating for chromatic dispersion of optical fiber by concatenating different fibers with dispersion of opposite signs was proposed in the early stage of single-mode fiber development. It was, however, only a few years ago, obviously triggered by the rapid success of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), when dispersion-compensating fibers (DCFs) began to be widely developed to combat the large chromatic dispersion of conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs) in the 1.55-μm window.
Keywords :
compensation; erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 1.55 mum; 1.55-μm window; conventional single-mode fibers; dispersion-compensating fibers; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; large chromatic dispersion; optical fiber dispersion; single-mode fiber development; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Refractive index; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.908223
