The investigation of Rayleigh backscattered signal statistics in a φ-OTDR system incorporating optical pre-amplifier
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2020
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We theoretically model and experimentally demonstrate the photon statistics of Rayleigh backscattered signal in a ϕ-OTDR based distributed fiber optical sensor in the presence of amplified spontaneous emission noise caused by optical pre-amplifier.