EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsDigital CommunicationOpticsPhotonicsElectromagnetic WavesFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersFadingFading StatisticsOptical Transmission SystemsRayleigh FadingSecond-order Wave StatisticsSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode OperationSingle-mode Optical Fibers
The first- and second-order statistics of the Rayleigh back-scatter signal from a single-mode fibre under quasimonochromatic pulse excitation are derived. A fading phenomenon is predicted and observed experimentally.
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Chester H. Page · Journal of Applied Physics · 1952 · 326 citations