OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS - TEST METHODS - PART 10-4: MULTICHANNEL PARAMETERS - INTERPOLATED SOURCE SUBTRACTION METHOD USING AN OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Abbreviated terms
4 Apparatus
5 Test sample
6 Procedure
6.1 Calibration
6.1.1 Calibration of optical bandwidth
6.1.2 Calibration of OSA power correction factor
6.2 Measurement
6.3 Calculation
7 Test results
Annex A (normative) Limitations of the interpolated source
subtraction technique due to source
spontaneous emission
Bibliography
Applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) and optically amplified subsystems. It applies to OAs using optically pumped fibres (OFAs based on either rare-earth doped fibres or on the Raman effect), semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and waveguides (POWA).
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 86 |
