EN 50083-6:1997

Committees responsible
National foreword
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Definitions
2.1 Equipment
2.2 Performance characteristics
3 Methods of measurement
3.1 General measurement requirements
3.2 optical power
3.3 Loss, isolation, directivity, and coupling rates
3.4 Return loss
3.5 Saturation of output power of an optical amplifier
3.6 Influence of polarization
3.7 Central wavelength and spectral width under
      modulation
3.8 Linewidth and chirp of transmitters with
      singlemode lasers
3.9 Extinction ratio
3.10 Optical modulation index
3.11 Voltage responsivity of an optical receiver
3.12 Frequency range and flatness
3.13 Composite second order distortion (CSO) of optical
      transmitters
3.14 Composite triple beats (CTB) of optical
      transmitters
3.15 Composite crossmodulation of optical transmitters
3.16 Receiver intermodulation
3.17 CSO of optical amplifiers
3.18 CTB of optical amplifiers
3.19 Carrier to noise ratio
3.20 Method for combined measurement of relative
      intensity noise (RIN), optical modulation index
      and equivalent input noise current
3.21 Noise figure of optical amplifiers
3.22 Bit error rate (BER)
3.23 Influence of dispersion
4 Universal performance requirements and
      recommendations
4.1 Safety
4.2 EMC
4.3 Environmental
4.4 Marking
5 Active equipment
5.1 Optical transmitters
5.2 Optical receivers
5.3 Optical amplifiers
6 Passive equipment
6.1 Connectors and splices
6.2 Multiplexers, splitters, directional couplers and
      isolators
Annex A (normative) List of normative references
Figures
1 Measurement of optical power
2 Measurement of optical loss, directivity and
      isolation
3 Measurement of the optical return loss
4 Measurement of the saturation of the optical
      output power
5 Saturated optical output power
6 Measurement of the polarization stability
7 Measurement of central wavelength and spectral
      width under modulation
8 Measurement of the chirp and the linewidth of
      transmitters
9 Measurement of the extinction ratio
10 Measurement of the optical modulation index
11 Measurement of the voltage responsivity of an
      optical receiver
12 Measurement of the frequency range and flatness
13 Device under test for measuring CSO of optical
      transmitters
14 Device under test for measuring CTB of optical
      transmitters
15 Device under test for measuring composite
      crossmodulation of optical transmitters
16 Arrangement of test equipment for measuring
      receiver intermodulation
17 System with internal noise sources
18 PIN-diode receiver
19 Optical transmission system under test
20 Arrangement of test equipment for carrier-to-noise
      measurement
21 Measurement setup for determination of the noise
      parameters and the optical modulation index
22 Measurement of the noise figure of an optical
      amplifier
23 Measurement of the bit error rate