Rayleigh backscattering from optical fibers – could it be used to identify individual fibers?

Misha Brodsky; Jungmi Oh; Moshe Tur; Paul S. Henry

doi:10.1364/FIO.2010.FMC3

Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper FMC3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2010.FMC3

Rayleigh backscattering from optical fibers – could it be used to identify individual fibers?

Misha Brodsky, Jungmi Oh, Moshe Tur, and Paul S. Henry

Frontiers in Optics 2010

Rochester, New York United States
24–28 October 2010
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M. Brodsky, J. Oh, M. Tur, and P. S. Henry, "Rayleigh backscattering from optical fibers – could it be used to identify individual fibers?," in Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010), paper FMC3.

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Abstract

We probe stochastic fluctuations in Rayleigh backscattering with a photon-counting OTDR apparatus. Surprisingly, the statistics of these fluctuations can be captured by a simple empirical model. The temporal stability of the data is discussed.

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