Single channel polarimetric OTDR for measurement of backscattered SOP evolution along a fibre with twist

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 2153-2154

  Schuh, R E ^a   Siddiqui, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical fibres; Optical time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; POLARISATION MODE DISPERSION;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0031553159     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971426     Document Type: Article

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