| 摘要 |
Dispersion managed fibers which preferably have a central core region, a moat region, and a ring region are provided. The central core region preferably has an alpha profile with an alpha value preferably less than about 2.3. The moat region preferably includes four sub-regions, namely, a first sub-region (11) in which the index of refraction decreases, a second sub-region (12) in which the index of refraction increases substantially linearly, a fourth sub-region (14) in which the index of refraction again increases substantially linearly, and a third sub-region (13) which serves as a transition region which smoothly connects the third and fourth substantially linear sub-regions. The dispersion managed fibers preferably have the following properties: (a) they exhibit reduced sensitivity to manufacturing variabilities, (b) they have relatively small changes in mode field diameter at the junctions between fiber sections having positive dispersions and fiber sections having negative dispersions, and/or (c) they can be readily manufactured using the tablet method. |
