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).
BS EN 61290-3:2008 Referenced Document
IEC 61290-3-1 Optical amplifiers - Test methods - Part 3-1: Noise figure parameters; Optical spectrum analyzer method
BS EN 61290-3:2008 history
2009BS EN 61290-3:2009 Optical amplifiers. Test methods. Noise figure parameters
2009BS EN 61290-3:2008 Optical amplifiers — Test methods — Part 3: Noise figure parameters