Title :
Multichannel photon-counting backscatter measurements on monomode fibre
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The letter reports the use of a multichannel, photon-counting technique to observe Rayleigh backscattered signals in very long lengths of monomode fibre. The equipment may be used to measure splice losses and fibre attenuations at the operating wavelength of 1.32 ¿m.
Keywords :
backscatter; light scattering; losses; optical fibres; photon counting; Rayleigh backscattered signals; fibre attenuations; monomode fibre; multichannel photon counting backscatter measurements; optical fibre; splice losses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810528
