DocumentCode
973754
Title
Multichannel photon-counting backscatter measurements on monomode fibre
Author
Healey, P.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Volume
17
Issue
20
fYear
1981
Firstpage
751
Lastpage
752
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19810528
Filename
4246007
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