Sensitive area of optical power meter
Optical power meters use photodetectors made from various semiconductor materials that are sensitive to specific wavelength ranges (Figure 1). The term usually refers to a device used for measuring the average power in fiber optic systems. Thorlabs' expanding line of optical power and energy meters includes a large selection of sensor heads, single- and dual-channel power and energy meter consoles, power and energy meter interfaces, a wireless power meter with a built-in photodiode sensor, and a fiber optic power meter designed for. To augment the absolute power measurements NIST provides nonlinearity, spectral responsivity, and uniformity measurements.
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