Electronics Letters · 1982 · 66 citations · 8 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersPhotodetectorsHeterodyne DetectionHeterodyne ReceptionRange PerformanceSingle-mode Fiber PropagationSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode OperationSingle-mode Optical Fibers
Heterodyne detection has led to a significant improvement in the range performance of an optical time-domain reflectometer designed to operate on single-mode fibre at a wavelength of 1.52 μm. With only 5 μW peak launched power a range of 30 km was achieved.
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Optical frequency domain reflectometry in single-mode fiber
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Backscattering in single-mode fibres
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