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11、 Electrotechnical Commission Warning!Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.colourinside 2 IEC TR 61292-9:2017 IEC 2017 CONTENTS FOREWORD.4 INTRODUCTION.6 1 Scope.7 2 Normative references.7 3 Terms,definitions,abbreviated terms and symbols.7 3.1 Terms and definit
12、ions.7 3.2 Abbreviated terms.8 3.3 Symbols.9 4 Specific features of SOAs.9 4.1 SOA chips.9 4.2 Gain ripple.12 4.3 Polarization dependent gain(PDG).13 4.3.1 General.13 4.3.2 Polarization insensitive SOAs.14 4.4 Noise figure(NF).14 4.5 Lifetime of carriers.14 4.6 Nonlinear effects.14 5 Measurement of
13、SOA output power and PDG.15 5.1 Narrow-band versus broadband light source.15 5.2 Recommended set-up for output power and PDG measurements.16 5.3 Examples of measurement results obtained by using the recommended set-up.17 Annex A(informative)Applications of SOAs.21 A.1 General.21 A.2 Polarization mod
14、e of SOAs.21 A.3 Reach extender for GPON.21 A.4 Pre-amplifier in transceivers for 100 Gbit Ethernet.21 A.5 Monolithic integration of SOAs.22 A.6 Reflective SOAs(RSOAs).22 Bibliography.24 Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the typical SOA chip.10 Figure 2 Example of gain dependency on forward current of t
15、he SOA chip.10 Figure 3 Schematic top view of a typical SOA chip with and without an angled waveguide structure.11 Figure 4 Schematic top view of the typical SOA module.12 Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the optical feedback inside the SOA chip.12 Figure 6 Schematic diagram of gain ripple.13 Figure 7
16、Output power and PDG dependence on the wavelength of the SOA chip.15 Figure 8 Recommended measurement set-up for optical power and PDG of SOA modules.16 Figure 9 Recommended measurement set-up for optical power and PDG of SOA chips.17 Figure 10 Optical power spectra of three different SOA chips.18 Figure 11 Output power and PDG of the SOA chip sample no.1 as a function of IF.18 IEC TR 61292-9:2017 IEC 2017 3 Figure 12 Output power and PDG of the SOA chip sample no.2 as a function of IF.19 Figure
