• DocumentCode
    901656
  • Title

    Coherent bidirectional communication experiment with internally bypassed star coupler in presence of Rayleigh backscattering

  • Author

    Westphal, F.-J. ; Hermes, T. ; Hilbk, U. ; Meissner, Paul L.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich Hertz Inst. fur Nachrichtentechnik GmbH, Berlin, Germany
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    5/13/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    864
  • Lastpage
    865
  • Abstract
    Internally bypassed star couplers allow bidirectional coherent communication at the same frequency via one subscriber line. For longer subscriber lines the serious limiting factor due to Rayleigh backscattering can be overcome by distributing the star.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; Rayleigh backscattering; bidirectional coherent communication; internally bypassed star coupler; subscriber lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930577
  • Filename
    216277