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IEC Publishes Optical Amplifiers Standard

April 5, 2012 Interference Technology Amplifiers, Standards, Technologies

IEC 61291-1:2012 applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) and optically amplified assemblies. It applies to OAs using optically pumped fibers (OFAs based either on rare-earth doped fibers or on the Raman effect), semiconductors (SOAs), and waveguides (POWAs). This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2006. It is a technical revision that includes the following significant changes: the definitions related to transient behavior have been extensively updated with terms from the 61290-4 series and the definition for gain ripple has been added.

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