Impact of double rayleigh backscatter noise on digital and analog fiber systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-297

  Wan, Ping ^a   Conradi, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LINKS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXED; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION; DOUBLE RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING; FIBER OPTIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; INTENSITY MODULATED DIRECT DETECTION; NOISE POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; OPTICAL ELECTRIC FIELD; OPTICAL ISOLATORS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030108517     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.485585     Document Type: Article

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