Rayleigh backscattering in optical fibers: a noise limitation and a sensing mechanism

R. Rathod; Ralf Pechstedt; David J. Webb; David A. Jackson

doi:10.1117/12.184972

14 September 1994 Rayleigh backscattering in optical fibers: a noise limitation and a sensing mechanism

R. Rathod, Ralf Pechstedt, David J. Webb, David A. Jackson

Proceedings Volume 2360, Tenth International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.184972
Event: 10th Optical Fibre Sensors Conference, 1994, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

It has become recognised of late that when some of the highly coherent laser sources that are now available are used in reflective-type interferometric systems with long connecting leads, noise due to Rayleigh back-scattering may provide a fundamental limit on the resolution of the sensor.

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R. Rathod, Ralf Pechstedt, David J. Webb, and David A. Jackson "Rayleigh backscattering in optical fibers: a noise limitation and a sensing mechanism", Proc. SPIE 2360, Tenth International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, (14 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.184972

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