Abstract
An inexpensive ASE source, used for erbium amplifier measurements, compares well with an ITU grid. Deltas between methods are less than 0.4 and 0.3dB for gain and noise figure respectively. Spectral resolution is improved.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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