An optical fiber communication system according to the present invention
has, for example, first and second phase conjugators. The first phase
conjugator converts a signal beam from a first optical fiber into a first
phase conjugate beam. The first phase conjugate beam is supplied to the
second phase conjugator by a second optical fiber. The second phase
conjugator converts the first phase conjugate beam into a second phase
conjugate beam. The second phase conjugate beam is transmitted by a third
optical fiber. The second optical fiber is composed of a first portion
located between the first phase conjugator and a system midpoint and a
second portion located between the system midpoint and the second phase
conjugator. The total dispersion of the first optical fiber substantially
coincides with the total dispersion of the first portion, and the total
dispersion of the second portion substantially coincides with the total
dispersion of the third optical fiber. By the construction, waveform
distortion by chromatic dispersion or nonlinearity is compensated for.