• DocumentCode
    972411
  • Title

    Modal distribution of backscattered light in a step-index multimode fibre

  • Author

    Payne, Roger

  • Author_Institution
    US Air Force, Rome Air Development Center, Bedford, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    568
  • Lastpage
    570
  • Abstract
    The modal distribution of backscattered light has been measured for a low mode-mixing, step-index fibre. The modal distribution of the Rayleigh backscatter is shown to depend on that of the exciting pulse. The possibility of substantial errors arising in reflectometry measurements of splice and connector losses is demonstrated where the receiver is mode-selective.
  • Keywords
    backscatter; light scattering; losses; optical fibres; time-domain reflectometry; Rayleigh backscatter; backscattered light; connector losses; modal distribution; optical time-domain reflectometry; reflectometry measurements; step-index multimode fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19810399
  • Filename
    4245874
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=972411