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Fully lithographic fiber-coupled cryogenic radiometer for picowatt powers
Published
Author(s)
Nathan A. Tomlin, John H. Lehman, Sae Woo Nam
Abstract
A new type of absolute cryogenic radiometer has been fabricated at the microscale level for direct substitution optical fiber power measurements. It consists of three parts: an absorber, electrical heater, and thermometer all on a single micro-machined membrane. The device has been shown to be sensitive to power levels down to 1 pW.
Tomlin, N.
, Lehman, J.
and Nam, S.
(2011),
Fully lithographic fiber-coupled cryogenic radiometer for picowatt powers, Metrologia Proceedings, Wailea, Maui, HI
(Accessed October 10, 2025)