Abstract

The chromatic dispersion in single-mode optical fibers consists of three components¹: material dispersion M_w; waveguide dispersion and profile dispersion M_ρ. For weakly doped fibers, the material dispersion closely resembles that of fused silica, and, especially for long wavelengths, the profile dispersion almost equals zero. For weakly doped single-mode fibers, we may, therefore, approximate the total dispersion by the sum of the waveguide dispersion and the material dispersion of fused silica.

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