The global dispersion compensating fiber market is expected to grow at a significant CAGR during the forecast period (2021-2027). Major drivers of the dispersion compensator market include increased use of dense WDM, higher data rates, use of optical add/drops, and greater distances required before signal regeneration. 

At present, most dispersion compensators (DCMs) are installed along a long-haul network link at the optical fiber amplifier (OFA) points to handle the chromatic dispersion problem, thereby lengthening the distance between regeneration points. Regenerators are now priced at several million dollars; therefore, the fewer generators used, the better. As compensators cause optical power loss, amplification is needed to counter this loss, as well as the node-to-node fiber loss. Long-haul trunk optical fiber amplifiers now comprise two (or more) stages. The most convenient and logical point to insert the compensators, therefore, is between stages of an amplifier.

With the increased use of dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM), the fibers of network long-haul cables transport a wide range of signal channels and a wide range of data rates (155 Mbit/s to 10 Gbit/s now, 40 Gbit/s by 2002) on numerous wavelengths (32 now common, 128 now commercially available, 256 in 2000) across a wide spectrum. As DWDM puts more wavelengths (channels) onto the same single fiber and transmission rates climb ever higher on those wavelengths, carriers also need to handle dispersion problems. 

Market Coverage

• The market number available for – 2020-2027
• Base year- 2020
• Forecast period- 2021-2027
• Segment Covered

o By Product

o By Application

• Competitive Landscape: Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable, Cycle, FiberLogix, OELABS and Thorlabs among others.

Key questions addressed by the report

• What is the market growth rate?
• Which segment and region dominates the market in base year?
• Which segment and region will project fastest growth in the market?
• How COVID-19 impacted the market?

o Recovery Timeline

o Deviation from pre-COVID forecast

o Most affected region and segment

• Who is the leader in the market?
• How players are addressing challenges to sustain growth?
• Where is the investment opportunity?

Global Dispersion Compensating Fiber Market by Segment

By Product

• Single Mode Fiber

• Polarization Maintaining Fiber

• Others

By Application

• DWDM Networks

• SDH Network

• CATV

• Dispersion Adjustment

• Others

Global Dispersion Compensating Fiber Market by Region