Phase-noise-compensated optical frequency-domain reflectometry

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 594-602

  Fan, Xinyu ^a   Koshikiya, Yusuke ^a   Ito, Fumihiko ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical fiber measurements; Optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR); Phase noise

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL SYSTEM; DEAD ZONES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; HIGH SNR; LASER COHERENCE; MEASUREMENT RANGE; NOISE SPECTRAL DENSITY; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR); RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING; REFERENCE SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER THEORY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE NOISE; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 66149132310     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013114     Document Type: Article

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