Precise Calibration for Optical Amplifier Noise Figure Measurement Using the RIN Subtraction Method

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2003, Pages 601-603

  Obarski, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ERBIUM; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STANDARDS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; NOISE FIGURE; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; STIMULATED EMISSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); RELATIVE-INTENSITY NOISE (RIN); FIGURE MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL NOISE; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; SUBTRACTION METHOD;

OPTICAL FIBERS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1642546949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2003.316041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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