Optical frequency domain reflectometry with a narrow linewidth fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 867-869

  Oberson, P ^a   Huttner, B ^a   Guinnard, O ^a   Guinnard, L ^a   Ribordy, G ^a   Gisin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER TUNING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

NARROW LINEWIDTH FIBER LASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TUNABLE FIBER LASER;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0034230214     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853529     Document Type: Article

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