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Comparison between NIST and AF laser energy standards using high power lasers

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Author(s)

Xiaoyu X. Li, Thomas Scott, Christopher L. Cromer, David Cooper, Steven Comisford

Abstract

We report the results of a high-energy laser calorimeter comparison conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado and the U.S. Air Force Primary Standard Laboratory (AFPSL), Heath, Ohio. A laser power meter, used as a transfer standard, was calibrated at each laboratory, sequentially, and the measurement results were compared. These measurements were performed at a nominal power of 800 W and a wavelength of 10.6 υm using CO2 lasers. Excellent measurement agreement (1.02 %) was demonstrated, which was well within each of the expanded uncertainties from the two laboratories involved in this comparison.
Citation
Journal of Research (NIST JRES) -
Volume
112
Issue
5

Keywords

calorimeter, comparison, laser

Citation

Li, X. , Scott, T. , Cromer, C. , Cooper, D. and Comisford, S. (2007), Comparison between NIST and AF laser energy standards using high power lasers, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32714 (Accessed November 8, 2024)

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Created November 1, 2007, Updated February 19, 2017