Analysis and suppression of nonlinear frequency modulation in an optical frequency-domain reflectometer

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5845-5851

  Yüksel, Kivilciin ^a   Wuilpart, Marc ^a   Mégret, Patrice ^a  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COHERENT OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HIGH SPEED; NON-LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS; SPATIAL-RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SWEPT-FREQUENCY; TUNABLE LASER SOURCES;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249185670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005845     Document Type: Article

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