In-service OTDR limitations in CWDM systems caused by spontaneous stokes and anti-stokes raman scattering

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1787-1789

  Reichmann, K C ^a   Frigo, N J ^a   Iannone, P P ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Leblanc, M ^b   Chabot, S ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EXPO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXER; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR;

BACKSCATTERING; BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT EMISSION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; RAMAN SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 4344618079     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.828515     Document Type: Article

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