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Which consequence results when coherence degrades in OTDR?

A)Higher measurement noise floor
B)Reduced stimulated Brillouin scattering
C)Increased chromatic dispersion slope
D)Lower four-wave mixing efficiency

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Decreased temporal coherence broadens the effective laser linewidth; therefore, Rayleigh backscattering produces uncorrelated signals and signal averaging is less effective, causing a higher noise floor, rather than improved resolution because longer coherent signals interfere constructively.

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