IEC 61290-1-2:2005
Optical amplifiers - Test methods - Part 1-2: Power and gain parameters - Electrical spectrum analyzer method

Standard No.

IEC 61290-1-2:2005

Release Date

2005

Published By

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Latest

IEC 61290-1-2:2005

Replace

IEC 86C/672/FDIS:2005 IEC 61290-1-2:1998 IEC 61290-2-2:1998

Scope

This part of IEC 61290 applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) and optically amplified sub-systems. It applies to OAs using optically pumped fibres (OFAs based on either rare-earth doped fibres or on the Raman effect), semiconductors (SOAs), and waveguides (POWAs). NOTE The applicability of the test methods described in the present standard to distributed Raman amplifiers is for further study. The object of this standard is to establish uniform requirements for accurate and reliable measurements, by means of the electrical spectrum analyzer test method, of the following OA parameters, as defined in Clause 3 of IEC 61291-1: a) nominal output signal power b) gain; c) reverse gain; d) maximum gain; e) polarization-dependent gain; f) large-signal output stability; g) saturation output power; h) maximum input signal power; i) maximum output signal power; j) input power range; k) output power range; I) maximum total output power. In addition this test method provides a means for measuring the following parameters: - maximum gain wavelength; - gain wavelength band. NOTE All numerical values followed by (t) are suggested values for which the measurement is assured. Other values may be acceptable, but should be verified. The object of this standard is specifically directed to single-channel amplifiers. For multichannel amplifiers, one should refer to the IEC 61290-10 series2.

IEC 61290-1-2:2005 history

• 2005 IEC 61290-1-2:2005 Optical amplifiers - Test methods - Part 1-2: Power and gain parameters - Electrical spectrum analyzer method
• 1998 IEC 61290-1-2:1998 Optical fibre amplifiers - Basic specification - Part 1-2: Test methods for gain parameters - Electrical spectrum analyzer

IEC 61290-1-2:2005 Optical amplifiers - Test methods - Part 1-2: Power and gain parameters - Electrical spectrum analyzer method has been changed from IEC 61290-2-2:1998 Optical fibre amplifiers - Basic specification - Part 2-2: Test methods for optical power parameters - Electrical spectrum analyzer.