Determination of back-scatter coefficient from third-order Rayleigh effect in a Raman amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1459-1461

  Park, Jonghan ^a   Kim, Na Young ^a   Choi, Wonsub ^a   Lee, Hansuek ^a   Park, Namkyoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber Raman amplifiers (FRAs); Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR); Rayleigh scattering (RS)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BACKSCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS;

BACK-SCATTER COEFFICIENT; FIBER RAMAN AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTROMETRY; RAYLEIGH COEFFICIENT; THIRD ORDER RAYLEIGH EFFECT;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 2942704299     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.827105     Document Type: Article

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