Healey, 1986 - Google Patents
Instrumentation principles for optical time domain reflectometryHealey, 1986
- Document ID
- 791255322412196740
- Author
- Healey P
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- Publication venue
- Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
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Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) is the only fibre measurement technique which allows anomalously lossy sections of fibre and other defects to be located nondestructively from one end of the fibre. The paper reviews the principles and techniques of the method …
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