DocumentCode
399070
Title
Precise calibration for optical amplifier noise figure measurement using the RIN subtraction method
Author
Obarski, G.
Author_Institution
NIST, Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
601
Abstract
Calibration with a relative-intensity noise (RIN) standard significantly improves the RIN subtraction method for measuring the noise figure of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The typical standard uncertainty in our measurement is ≤0.15 dB.
Keywords
erbium; noise measurement; optical fibre amplifiers; optical loss measurement; wavelength division multiplexing; RIN subtraction method; erbium-doped optical amplifier; noise figure measurement; precise calibration; relative-intensity noise; Calibration; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Measurement standards; Measurement uncertainty; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248441
Filename
1248441
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