In this chapter results regarding the PCF dispersion properties are reported. The analyses performed have shown that, by properly changing the geometric characteristics of the air-holes in the PCF cross-section, the waveguide contribution to the dispersion parameter can be significantly changed, thus obtaining unusual positions of the zero-dispersion wavelength, as well as particular values of the dispersion curve slope. In particular, by manipulating the air-hole radius or the lattice period of the microstructured cladding, it is possible to control the zero-dispersion wavelength, which can be tuned over a very wide range [3.1–3.3], or the dispersion curves, which can be engineered to be ultraflattened [3.4–3.7].
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