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Optical time domain reflectrometry is the primary measurement technique for the characterization of single-ended optical fibre. Easy to use, it allows to determine magnitudes and locations of faults and reflections as well as fibre length and lineic attenuation of a fibre network. Nowadays, the OTDR (Optical time domain reflectometer) is in current use in laboratory as well as in site.
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Gauthier, F., Ducos, L. (1995). OTDR Calibration. In: Soares, O.D.D. (eds) Trends in Optical Fibre Metrology and Standards. NATO ASI Series, vol 285. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0035-9_24
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