Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References 
 3     Definitions 
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms
 5     Applications             
        5.1     Booster (power) amplifier          
        5.2     Pre-amplifier  
        5.3     Line amplifier
        5.4     Optically amplified transmitter 
        5.5     Optically amplified receiver      
        5.6     Single-channel applications      
        5.7     Multi-channel applications        
        5.8     Point-to-point applications        
        5.9     Point-to-multipoint applications              
 6     Operation, administration and maintenance aspects     
 7     Parameter values and ranges for OFA devices 
        7.1     Booster (power) amplifier          
        7.2     Pre-amplifier  
        7.3     Line amplifier
 8     Parameter values and ranges for OFA-related aspects of OFA subsystems            
        8.1     Optically amplified transmitter 
        8.2     Optically amplified receiver      
 9     Environmental conditions     
10     Optical safety aspects           
Appendix I – Parameter values and ranges for OFA devices in single-channel point-to-point systems    
        I.1     Booster (power) amplifier          
        I.2     Pre-amplifier   
Appendix II – Transmission-related aspects    
       II.1     Purpose            
       II.2     Factors influencing OA transmission applications             
       II.3     Fibre optical non-linearities      
       II.4     Polarization properties
       II.5     Fibre dispersion properties        
       II.6     Other OA-related properties      
Appendix III – Pre-amplifier parameters    
Appendix IV – OAM aspects of OAs    
       IV.1     OA subsystems            
       IV.2     OA devices    
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