Abstract
It has often been stated that an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) based on heterodyne detection may reach the quantum noise limit for a sufficiently strong local oscillator power. This is, however, only true for backscatter signal power levels Ps in a short intermediate range.
© 1988 Optical Society of America
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