This part of IEC 61290 applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) and
optically amplified modules. It applies to OAs using optical fibre amplifiers (OFAs) based on
either rare-earth doped fibres or on the Raman effect, semiconductor OAs (SOAs) and planar
optical waveguide amplifiers (POWAs).All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.