DocumentCode
1178550
Title
BOTDA-nondestructive measurement of single-mode optical fiber attenuation characteristics using Brillouin interaction: theory
Author
Horiguchi, Tsuneo ; Tateda, Mitsuhiro
Author_Institution
NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
7
Issue
8
fYear
1989
fDate
8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1170
Lastpage
1176
Abstract
A theoretical investigation of Brillouin optical-fiber time-domain analysis (BOTDA) is described. BOTDA uses Brillouin interaction in optical fibers to analyze the attenuation characteristics of the optical fibers nondestructively. The dynamic range performance of BOTDA is approximately 10-dB greater than that of conventional optical time-domain reflectometry
Keywords
light absorption; optical fibres; optical testing; optical variables measurement; stimulated Brillouin scattering; time-domain reflectometry; Brillouin optical-fiber time-domain analysis; dynamic range performance; single-mode optical fiber attenuation characteristics; Attenuation measurement; Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical sensors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.32378
Filename
32378
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