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FIBER
EVALUATIONFirst
Window
100
Attenuation (dB/km)
50 Early 1970s
20
10 Second
5.0 Window Third
2.0 1980s Window
1.0
0.5
0.2
0.1
600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
Wavelength (nm)
Optical Fiber
ITU-recommendation G.652
SMF has
Zero chromatic dispersion at 1310
High chromatic dispersion
(approx. 17ps/nm-km) at
1550nm
Advantage
Support WDM
Low in cost
Disadvantage
Suitable only for short and
medium distances
Needs Dispersion Compensation
G652 fiber
1530 1610
20
Dispersion (ps/ nm.Km)
10
0
1310 1550 λ nm
-10
ITU-recommendation G.653
Wave guide dispersion and material dispersion cancel
out each other at 1310nm
Same cancellation is used at 1550nm band
The reasons are principally:
Fiber attenuation is a lot lower in the
1550 nm band
Erbium doped fiber amplifiers operate in
this band
Done by increasing the waveguide dispersion
Dispersion Shifted Fiber (DSF)
1530 1610
20
10
Dispersion (ps/ nm.Km)
1310
0
1550 λ nm
NDSF
-10
Advantage
Suitable for DWDM applications, with
broad channel spacing
Dispersion compensation is required after
long distances
Disadvantage
Not suitable for higher channel count
Suffers from strong nonlinear effects
Unsuitable for narrow channel spacing,
due to four wave mixing
Non Zero Dispersion shifted Fiber
• ITU-recommendation G.655
• Low positive value of dispersion
(4 ps/nm/km in the 1530-1610 nm band)
• Advantages
• Minimizes unwanted effects Four-Wave-
Mixing(FWM)
• More distance than SMF
• Disadvantage
• Not able to carry large optical power
Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber
10
5
Dispersion (ps/
1610
nm.Km)
0
1530 λ nm
1550
NZ-DSF
-5
DSF
-10
EDFA Gain
Spectrum
NZ-DSF
Dispersion Flattened Fiber
10
Dispersion (ps/
nm.Km)
0
1530 1610 λ nm
1550
Dispersion
-10 Flattened
DSF
-20
EDFA Gain
Spectrum
Large Effective Area Fiber (LEAF) :
Large Effective Area Fiber (LEAF) :
Increased No. of
All-Wave™ Eliminates WDM Metro
Usable λ & Low
Water Peak CWDM
Cost Components