Single-Mode Fiber OTDR: Experiment and Theory

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1982, Pages 1499-1508

  Philen, Dan L ^a   White, Ian A ^a   Kuhl, Jane F ^a   Mettler, Stephen C ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS - MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 0020191035     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1982.1071408     Document Type: Article

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