Calorimeter with compensative absorber for measuring mu W level laser power

Author

Suzuki, Y. ; Murata, A. ; Araragi, M. ; Inoue, T.

Author_Institution

Yokogawa Electr. Corp., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1990

fDate

11-14 June 1990

Firstpage

278

Lastpage

279

Abstract

A calorimeter with a compensative absorber developed for measuring mu W-level laser power is described. With this calorimeter, laser power measurements can be made irrespective of pressure fluctuations in the surroundings. The calorimeter was found to be very effective in reducing the effects of ambient pressure fluctuations. The pressure stability has been improved by more than tenfold, and the standard deviation of the measured value is 0.01 approximately 0.6% for 10-mW approximately 1- mu W power levels. The systematic error of the measurement, which is represented by the standard deviation (1 sigma ), was evaluated as +or-0.1% for 10 mu W.<>

Keywords

calorimeters; laser variables measurement; measurement errors; measurement standards; power measurement; ambient pressure fluctuations; calorimeter; compensative absorber; laser power measurements; measurement standard; pressure fluctuations; pressure stability; standard deviation; systematic error; Cooling; Electric variables measurement; Fluctuations; Laboratories; Measurement standards; Optical sensors; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pressure measurement; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, 1990. CPEM '90 Digest., Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.1990.110022

Filename

110022