Abstract

The wavelengths of minimum dispersion in step-index monomode fibers are evaluated quite rigorously. These results are compared with those obtained when certain approximations used by several authors are introduced into the course of the calculation. Furthermore, a comparison is made between the wavelengths of minimum dispersion obtained when dispersive data measured by different authors are used for the evaluation.

© 1983 Optical Society of America

Dispersion minimum of monomode fibers

K. Jurgensen
Appl. Opt. 18(8) 1259-1261 (1979)

Minimum dispersion in a single-mode step-index optical fiber

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Dispersionless single-mode fibers with trapezoidal-index profiles in the wavelength region near 1.5 μm

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