The design and properties of G.656 optical fiber waveguide design

Abstract

To prepare the G.656 optical fiber for the future’s network, the methods of material design and waveguide design were applied to predict theoretic properties of the fiber. PCVD process was applied to manufacture the multi-layer GeO2, F co-doped SiO2 materials. The fiber properties were tested for the cut-off wavelength, MFD, dispersion, etc. The tested results agreed with the theoretic prediction.