Determination of structural parameter variations in single-mode optical fibres by time-domain reflectometry

10 June 1982

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 18 (12) , 489-490
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19820332

Abstract

Backscatter measurements on single-mode fibres reveal apparent changes in local attenuation resulting from backscatter factor variations. The detailed shape of the backscatter waveforms is compared to known variations of fibre parameters.

Keywords

STRUCTURAL PARAMETER VARIATIONS
TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY
SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBRES
ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS
BACKSCATTER MEASUREMENTS

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