TY - JOUR
T1 - Theory of Backward Rayleigh Scattering in Polarization-Maintaining Single-Mode Fibers and Its Application to Polarization Optical Time Domain Reflectometry
AU - Nakazawa, Masataka
PY - 1983/5
Y1 - 1983/5
N2 - Backward Rayleigh scattering in polarization-maintaining single-mode optical fibers has been theoretically analyzed. A simple formula for the backscattered power, which comes back again at an input portion of the fiber, is derived with a recapture factor Sxy. By applying the analysis to a polarization optical time domain reflectometry (POTDR), details of the POTDR have been made clear. The important results are that the fluctuation component in the POTDR is attributable to a polarization beat length of the fiber, and that the quantity of the polarization component occupied in the total backscattered power is determined by the optical pulse width.
AB - Backward Rayleigh scattering in polarization-maintaining single-mode optical fibers has been theoretically analyzed. A simple formula for the backscattered power, which comes back again at an input portion of the fiber, is derived with a recapture factor Sxy. By applying the analysis to a polarization optical time domain reflectometry (POTDR), details of the POTDR have been made clear. The important results are that the fluctuation component in the POTDR is attributable to a polarization beat length of the fiber, and that the quantity of the polarization component occupied in the total backscattered power is determined by the optical pulse width.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0020751765&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0020751765&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JQE.1983.1071932
DO - 10.1109/JQE.1983.1071932
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020751765
VL - 19
SP - 854
EP - 861
JO - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
SN - 0018-9197
IS - 5
ER -