Optical fibre diameter variations and their effect on backscatter loss measurements |
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| Authors: | Conduit AJ Payne DN Hartog AH Gold MP |
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| Affiliation: | University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK; |
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| Abstract: | Diameter variations in optical fibres are shown to affect back-scatter loss measurements by a mechanism which primarily involves attenuation of the backward travelling light. A simple model which predicts anticorrelated loss features when measured from opposite ends of the fibre is verified experimentally. |
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