A calorimeter for optical fiber power standard and advantages in calibration of optical fiber power meters

Author

Suzuki, Yasuyuki ; Chida, Naomichi ; Murata, Akihiro ; Inoue, Takemi

Author_Institution

Yokogawa Electric Corp., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

42

Issue

2

fYear

1993

fDate

4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

430

Lastpage

433

Abstract

A calorimeter for optical fiber power measurement is developed. It has a compensative absorber to stabilize environmental disturbance, and two types of adapters for optical fibers and light beams. The uncertainty in measurements of 1-mW and 10-μW optical fiber power was evaluated as ±0.18% and ±0.45% respectively, expressed as two standard deviations. The calibration uncertainty of an optical fiber power meter using the calorimeter as a primary standard is reduced by more than one half compared to that of the conventional method using a laser beam calorimeter and photodiode-type transfer standard

Keywords

calorimeters; compensation; measurement standards; optical fibre testing; power measurement; 1 mW; 10 muW; calibration; calorimeter; compensative absorber; environmental disturbance; optical fiber power standard; power meters; primary standard; standard deviations; uncertainty; Calibration; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Power measurement; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.278598

Filename

278598