Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical fiber comprising a plurality of dopant concentration profiles in a core of the optical fiber; where the first dopant concentration and the second dopant concentration are each varied in a stepwise manner and wherein a ratio of the first dopant concentration to the second dopant concentration is operative to result in an interaction of a fundamental optical mode at a given wavelength with a plurality of acoustic modes thereby increasing a ratio of Brillouin Scattering intensity ratio of secondary, tertiary or quarternary peak relative to a Brillouin Scattering intensity of a primary peak to be greater than 0.4 in a Brillouin Scattering spectrum.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical fiber comprising a plurality of dopant concentration profiles in a core of the optical fiber; where the first dopant concentration and the second dopant concentration are each varied in a stepwise manner and wherein a ratio of the first dopant concentration to the second dopant concentration is operative to result in an interaction of a fundamental optical mode at a given wavelength with a plurality of acoustic modes thereby increasing a ratio of Brillouin Scattering intensity ratio of secondary, tertiary or quarternary peak relative to a Brillouin Scattering intensity of a primary peak to be greater than 0.4 in a Brillouin Scattering spectrum.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a single mode optical fiber. The optical fiber comprises, from the center to the periphery: a central core having a first refractive index, a pedestal region having a second refractive index, a trench region having a third refractive index, and a cladding region having a fourth refractive index. The third refractive index is less than the second refractive index.