IEC TR 61292-3 : 1.0

Table of Contents

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
0 Scope
1 Optical amplifier family tree and abbreviations
2 Optical amplifier operating bands
3 Erbium doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs)
  3.1 Erbium doped silica fibre amplifiers (EDFAs or EDSFAs)
  3.2 Erbium doped fluoride fibre amplifiers (EDFFAs)
  3.3 Erbium doped tellurite fibre amplifiers (EDTFAs)
  3.4 Erbium/ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers (EYDFA)
4 Non-erbium doped fibre amplifiers
  4.1 Praseodymium doped fluoride fibre amplifiers (PDFFAs)
  4.2 Thulium doped fluoride fibre amplifiers (TDFFAs)
5 Fibre Raman amplifiers (FRAs)
  5.1 Introduction
  5.2 FRA general characteristics
  5.3 FRA typical performances
  5.4 FRA applications
6 Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)
  6.1 Introduction
  6.2 SOA general characteristics
  6.3 SOA typical performances
  6.4 SOA applications
7 Erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs)
  7.1 Introduction
  7.2 EDWA general characteristics
  7.3 EDWA performance
  7.4 EDWA applications

Abstract

Establishes a family tree for the classification of optical amplifiers, including those still being researched in laboratories, so that their similarities and differences can readily be identified. Also includes a brief description of each amplifier family, highlighting their generic properties, performance and applications at the time of writing.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Electrotechnical Committee
Pages
ISBN
Committee	TC 86