METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING THE DISPERSION AND DISPERSION SLOPE FOR A DISPERSION MAP WITH SLOPE-COMPENSATING OPTICAL FIBERS

摘要

An apparatus comprises an optical sublink (200) including operationally coupled optical fiber segments. The optical fiber segments are from a first optical fiber type (220, 240, 260), a second optical fiber type (230, 250, 270) and a third optical fiber type (280). The first optical fiber type has a positive dispersion and a positive dispersion slope. The second optical fiber type has a negative dispersion and a negative dispersion slope. The third optical fiber type has one from the group of (1) a positive dispersion and a negative dispersion slope, and (2) a negative dispersion and a positive dispersion slope.