This International Standard applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs), including OAs using optically pumped fibres (OFAs based on either rare-earth doped fibres or on the Raman effect), semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and planar waveguide optical amplifiers (PWOAs).The object of this standard is to provide the general background for OA noise figure parameters measurements and to indicate those IEC standard test methods for accurate and reliable measurements of the following OA parameters, as defined in IEC 61291-1:a) noise figure (NF);b) noise factor (F);c) multiple path interference (MPI) figure of merit;d) signal-spontaneous n
DS/EN 61290-3:2008 history
2008DS/EN 61290-3:2008 Optical amplifiers - Test methods - Part 3: Noise figure parameters