1Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
2Faculty of Engineering, Arab Academy for Science & Technology, Alexandria, Egypt.
Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), E-mail: mosaly@aast.edu, E-mail: waleed_shirbeeny@hotmail.com, E-mail: a_samahy@hotmail.com, E-mail: Khemad73@gmail.com
The zero dispersion wavelength, λo, for single mode fibers is modelled and investigated for silica, aluminosilicate and vycor glasses. Both step index and graded index fibers are considered. The used model depends mainly on the temperature dependent Sellmeier coefficients of the core refractive index. Temperature effects on λo are investigated for a wide range (−100°C to +100°C) as well as the fiber parameters including the core radius and the relative refractive index difference.
