Statistical properties of Rayleigh backscattering in single-mode fibers

Author

Gysel, Peter ; Staubli, Roland K.

Author_Institution

ETH-Inst. for Commun. Technol., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

561

Lastpage

567

Abstract

An analytical model that takes into account the influence of the laser linewidth on Rayleigh backscattering is given. For an unmodulated source the power spectral density is found to be identical to the delayed self-homodyne spectrum of the laser. The backscattered signal was measured for different laser linewidths, and the results are compared with the theory. The effects of Rayleigh backscattering noise on fiber gyroscopes and bidirectional optical systems are discussed

Keywords

Rayleigh scattering; fibre optic sensors; fibre optics; gyroscopes; random noise; spectral line breadth; statistical analysis; Rayleigh backscattering; Rayleigh backscattering statistics; analytical model; backscattered signal; backscattering noise; bidirectional optical systems; delayed self-homodyne spectrum; fiber gyroscopes; laser linewidth; laser spectrum; power spectral density; single-mode fibers; unmodulated source; Analytical models; Backscatter; Delay; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical fiber theory; Optical noise; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.50762

Filename

50762