DocumentCode
990643
Title
Fading in heterodyne OTDR
Author
Healey, P.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Volume
20
Issue
1
fYear
1984
Firstpage
30
Lastpage
32
Abstract
The first- and second-order statistics of the Rayleigh back-scatter signal from a single-mode fibre under quasimonochromatic pulse excitation are derived. A fading phenomenon is predicted and observed experimentally.
Keywords
backscatter; fading; optical fibres; optical testing; time-domain reflectometry; Rayleigh backscatter signal; fading; first-order statistics; heterodyne OTDR; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; quasimonochromatic pulse excitation; second-order statistics; single-mode fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19840022
Filename
4248576
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