CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF COHERENT OPTICAL FREQUENCY-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY

Jozef Jasenek

   The detail theoretical analysis of the Coherent-optical Frequency-domain Reflectometry as a method for the recovery of the back-scattered signal and Fresnel reflections in the SM optical fiber is given. The main performance limitations of the method are discussed and the basic conclusions applicable in the design and use of the C-OFDR reflectometer are given.

Keywords: optical reflectometry, OTDR, optical waveguides, coherent optics

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