Extended-range FMCW reflectometry using an optical loop with a frequency shifter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-250

  Zhou, Xiao Qun ^b   Iiyama, Koichi ^a,b   Hayashi, Ken Ichi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTODETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL MODULATOR; FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE REFLECTOMETRY; FREQUENCY SHIFTER; INJECTION CURRENT; OPTICAL FIBER LOOP; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0030080948     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.484256     Document Type: Article

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