Dispersion Compensation Over All the Telecommunication Bands With Double-Cladding Photonic-Crystal Fiber

Author

Matsui, Takashi ; Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Sankawa, Izumi

Author_Institution

NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

757

Lastpage

762

Abstract

This paper numerically describes the design of double-cladding photonic-crystal fiber (DC-PCF) for ultrabroadband compensation over all telecommunication bands (O to L), i.e., ranging from 1260 to 1625 nm. We show that an ultrabroadband compensating DC-PCF can be designed simply by considering the zero-dispersion wavelength and the relative dispersion to the slope at a particular wavelength of a conventional single-mode fiber (SMF). As a result, we reveal that the proposed DC-PCF can successfully compensate for the dispersion of a conventional SMF with an effective dispersion range of plusmn0.4 ps/nmmiddotkm over all telecommunication bands as well as provide an effective area comparable to that of conventional dispersion-compensating fiber

Keywords

compensation; optical design techniques; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; photonic crystals; 1260 to 1625 nm; dispersion compensation; double-cladding photonic-crystal fiber; single mode fiber; zero-dispersion wavelength; Electronic mail; Finite element methods; L-band; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Photonic crystal fibers; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication traffic; Transmission lines; Wavelength division multiplexing; Broadband communication; dispersion compensation; finite-element method; optical fiber dispersion; photonic-crystal fiber (PCF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.889668

Filename

4147732