The Investigation of Rayleigh Backscattered Signal Statistics in a phi-OTDR System Incorporating Optical Pre-Amplifier
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Date
2020
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IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA
Abstract
We theoretically model and experimentally demonstrate the photon statistics of Rayleigh backscattered signal in a phi-OTDR based distributed fiber optical sensor in the presence of amplified spontaneous emission noise caused by optical pre-amplifier.