Characterization of microstructured optical fibers for wideband dispersion compensation.
Microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) with small hole-to-hole spacing and large airholes are designed to compensate the anomalous dispersion and the dispersion slope of single-mode fibers. The geometrical parameters that characterize triangular MOFs are chosen to optimize the fiber length and the compensation over a wide wavelength range. A proper design of the photonic crystal fiber geometry allows us to achieve dispersion values of approximately -1700 ps nm(-1) km(-1) at 1550 nm and to compensate the dispersion of standard fibers within +/- 0.5 ps nm(-1) km(-1) over a 100-nm range. The MOF dispersion properties have been studied by means of a numerical simulator for modal analysis based on the finite-element method.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43100 Parma, Italy.
Federica
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Poli
Annamaría
A
Cucinotta
Matteo
M
Fuochi
Stefano
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Selleri
Luca
L
Vincetti