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. 1977 Sep 1;16(9):2375-9.
doi: 10.1364/AO.16.002375.

Optical time domain reflectometer

M K Barnoski, M D Rourke, S M Jensen, R T Melville

Optical time domain reflectometer

M K Barnoski et al. Appl Opt. .

Abstract

By using an optical time domain reflectometer a new measurement technique which allows displaying the length dependence of the fiber attenuation by analyzing backscattered light has been developed. This paper compares the backscatter and insertion-loss techniques. In addition, results of several experiments which illustrate the versatility of an optical time domain reflectometer are described.

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