The invention relates to a micro-structured fiber comprising a core region
and a cladding region. The cladding region has a plurality of air holes
regularly arranged on a plurality of rings, wherein the innermost ring of
the fiber defines the core region. The cladding region comprises an inner
circumference portion and an outer circumference portion; the inner
circumference portion comprises at least one ring, the outer
circumference portion comprises at least one ring, wherein the diameter
of the air hole on the outer circumference portion is larger than that of
the air hole on the inner circumference portion. As a result, the
micro-structured fiber of the present invention has the advantages of
broader band of nearly zero dispersion, less confinement loss, being
easier to design due to less geometrical parameters needed to be
optimized, and being easier to fabricate.