Trilateral optical powermeter comparison between NIST, NMIJ/AIST, and METAS

Published

February 10, 2007

Author(s)

Igor Vayshenker, John H. Lehman, David J. Livigni, Xiaoyu X. Li, Kuniaki Amemiya, Daiji Fukuda, Seiji Mukai, Shinji Kimura, Michiyuki Endo, Jacques Morel, Armin Gambon

Abstract

We describe the results of a comparison of reference standards between three National Metrology Institutes: the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, USA), the National Metrology Institute of Japan/National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NMIJ/AIST, Japan), and the Federal Office of Metrology (METAS, Switzerland). Open-beam- (free field) and optical-fiber-based measurements at wavelengths of 1302 and 1546 nm are reported. Three laboratories' reference standards are compared by means of two temperature-controlled, optical trap detectors. Measurement results showed largest differences of less than 4.2 parts in 10³, which is within the expanded (k=2) uncertainty for the laboratories' reference standards.

Citation

Optics Letters

Volume

46

Issue

5

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

fiber, international comparison, optical power, reference standard

Citation

Vayshenker, I. , Lehman, J. , Livigni, D. , Li, X. , Amemiya, K. , Fukuda, D. , Mukai, S. , Kimura, S. , Endo, M. , Morel, J. and Gambon, A. (2007), Trilateral optical powermeter comparison between NIST, NMIJ/AIST, and METAS, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32364 (Accessed October 11, 2025)