Coherent optical frequency domain reflectometry using phase-decorrelated reflected and reference lightwaves

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1102-1109

  Tsuji, Kohji ^b,d,e,f,g   Shimizu, Kaoru ^b,c,e,f,g,h   Horiguchi, Tsuneo ^{a,b,e,f,i,j,k}   Koyamada, Yahei ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IEEE

^b NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^g National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

^h WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^j Optical Society of   (Japan)

^k OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Frequency domain analysis; Heterodyning; Linear FM; Optical fiber measurements; Optical scattering

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HETERODYNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL FIBERS;

COHERENT OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ELECTRO OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031175960     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.596955     Document Type: Article

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