The use of holey fibers is beginning to demonstrate commercial potential,
emerging from a university-based research-oriented effort. Their commercial
potential is seen in certain characteristics such as single-mode operation from
the ultraviolet (UV) to infrared (IR) spectral regions, large mode areas with core
diameters larger than 20 m m, highly nonlinear performance with optimized
dispersion properties, and numerical aperture (NA) values ranging from arbi-
trarily low to about 0.9.
1.2.6 Dispersion-Compensating Fiber
Dispersion-compensating fibers (DCFs) will have a substantial market share,
with the advent of many new specialty fiber manufacturers fighting for a share of
a limited market. This type of fiber will soon be directly available on the ...