Comparisons of merits on wide-band transmission systems between Using extremely improved solid SMFs with Aeff of 160μm2 and loss of 0.175dB/km and Using large-Aeff holey fibers enabling transmission over 600nm bandwidth

Low-loss and large-Aeff SMFs as well as DCFs for S, C, L-band compensation were numerically optimized and fabricated. Merits of using holey fibers in case of ultra wide-band transmission over 600 nm will be also demonstrated.