Table of Contents

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Abbreviations
4 Definitions of relevant parameters
  4.1 Small-signal gain
  4.2 Reverse small-signal gain
  4.3 Maximum small-signal gain
  4.4 Maximum small-signal gain wavelength
  4.5 Maximum small-signal gain variation with
      temperature
  4.6 Small-signal gain wavelength bandwidth
  4.7 Small-signal gain wavelength variation
  4.8 Small-signal gain stability
  4.9 Large-signal output stability
  4.10 Polarisation-Dependent Gain (PDG)
  4.11 Saturation output power (gain compression power)
  4.12 Nominal output signal power
  4.13 Noise Figure (NF)
  4.14 Forward amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)
       power level
  4.15 Reverse ASE power level
  4.16 Input Optical Return Loss (ORL)
  4.17 Output ORL
  4.18 Maximum ORL tolerable at input
  4.19 Maximum ORL tolerable at output
  4.20 Pump leakage to output
  4.21 Pump leakage to input
  4.22 Out-of-band insertion loss
  4.23 Out-of-band reverse insertion loss
  4.24 Maximum power consumption
  4.25 Maximum total output power
  4.26 Operating temperature
  4.27 Optical connections
  4.28 Input power range
  4.29 Output power range
  4.30 Polarization Hole Burning (PHB)
  4.31 Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)
  4.32 Power wavelength band
  4.33 Available signal wavelength band
  4.34 Tuneable wavelength range
  4.35 Output signal-to-noise ratio
  4.36 Signal linewidth
  4.37 Gain ripple
  4.38 Gain dynamics
  4.39 Gain
  4.40 Noise factor (F)
  4.41 Signal-spontaneous noise figure
  4.42 (Equivalent) spontaneous-spontaneous optical
        bandwidth (Bsp-sp)
  4.43 Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) bandwidth
  4.44 In-band insertion loss
  4.45 Maximum reflectance tolerable at input and
       output
5 Test methods
6 OA classification
  6.1 OA devices
  6.2 OA sub-systems
7 Specification parameters
  7.1 Characteristics of Booster (power) Amplifiers
      (BAs)
  7.2 Characteristics of Pre-Amplifiers (PAs)
  7.3 Characteristics of Line Amplifiers (LAs)
  7.4 Characteristics of Optically Amplified
      Transmitters (OATs)
  7.5 Characteristics of Optically Amplified Receivers
      (OARs)
Annex A (informative): Bibliography
History

Abstract

Specifies Optical Amplifier (OA) devices and subsystems to be used in transmission networks.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Pages
ISBN
Committee	TM 1
Supersedes	PRETS 300 672 : MAY 96