Fading in heterodyne OTDR

5 January 1984

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

Vol. 20 (1) , 30-32
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19840022

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

SECOND-ORDER STATISTICS
OPTICAL FIBRE TESTING
QUASIMONOCHROMATIC PULSE EXCITATION
FIRST-ORDER STATISTICS
FADING
OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY
SINGLE-MODE FIBRE
HETERODYNE OTDR
RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTER SIGNAL

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INFORMATION THEORY
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