Dispersion compensating optical fiber

摘要

An inverse dispersion fiber (10) is provided that has a relatively low fiber loss, a relatively low fiber splice loss and a relatively large effective mode-field area. The inverse dispersion fiber (10) includes a doped core region (11) with an index of refraction n1, a cladding region (15) with an index of refraction n2, and a trench region (12), a first barrier region (13) and a second barrier region (14) with indices of refraction n3, n4, and n5, respectively, formed between the doped core region (11) and the cladding region (15). The various regions of the inverse dispersion fiber (10) are manufactured in such a way that the refractive index value ranges are, for example, approximately 0.709% < (n1-n2)/n2 < 1%, approximately -0.358% < (n3-n2)/n2 < -0.293%, approximately 0.194% < (n4-n2)/n2 < 0.237%, and approximately -0.045% < (n5- n2)/n2 < -0.037%. The inverse dispersion fiber (10) in accordance with the preferred embodiment has a chromatic dispersion of approximately -44 picosecond/(nanometer-kilometer) and a relatively large effective core area, Aeff, that is, for example, greater than approximately 30.0 mu m<2>, both at a wavelength of 1550 nm.