Rayleigh backscattering from optical fibers - could it be used to identify individual fibers?

Misha Brodsky; Jungmi Oh; Moshe Tur; Paul S. Henry

doi:10.1364/fio.2010.fmc3

Rayleigh backscattering from optical fibers - could it be used to identify individual fibers?

Misha Brodsky, Jungmi Oh, Moshe Tur, Paul S. Henry

School of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

We probe stochastic fluctuations in Rayleigh backscattering with a photon-counting OTDR apparatus. Surprisingly, the statistics of these fluctuations can be captured by a simple empirical model. The temporal stability of the data is discussed.

Original language	English
Journal	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2010.fmc3
State	Published - 2010
Event	Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2010 - Rochester, NY, United States Duration: 24 Oct 2010 → 28 Oct 2010

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