• Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis
  • Vol. 41, Issue 3, 853 (2021)
WU Zhi-feng*, DAI Cai-hong, ZHAO Wei-qiang, XU Nan, LI Ling, WANG Yan-fei, and LIN Yan-dong
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    DOI: 10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2021)03-0853-05 Cite this Article
    WU Zhi-feng, DAI Cai-hong, ZHAO Wei-qiang, XU Nan, LI Ling, WANG Yan-fei, LIN Yan-dong. Spectral Irradiance Responsivity Calibration Using Tunable Lasers[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2021, 41(3): 853 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The spectral irradiance (radiance) responsivity of the detector is one of the most important parameters. Traditional spectral calibration is realized by using a broadband lamp and monochromator. The newly built facility using a laser and detector to calibrate the spectral responsivity, with the measurement uncertainty dramatically reduced. First, the facility couples tunable laser into an integrating sphere to generate a laser Lambert source. Then using standard trap detectors which can be traced back to cryogenic radiometer and an aperture with the known area, the spectral irradiance responsivity from 400 to 900 nm can be calibrated. The research is focused on four aspects: (1) Since the standard detector is calibrated at separate laser wavelengths by the cryogenic radiometer, the spectral responsivity at any other wavelengths must be interpolated. Compared with the direct measurement method using the spectral responsivity facility, the results show that the quantum efficiency difference using numerical interpolation is less than 0.074% from 400 to 900 nm. (2) In order to reduce the influence due to the laser power drift, the integrated charge method and a monitor detector are used. The charges of the standard detector and the detector under test are measured with the standard deviation of the repetition smaller than 0.1%. (3) The laser power when the standard detector is traced to cryogenic radiometer is totally different from that when the standard detector is used to transfer the spectral irradiance responsivity. Beam addition method is adopted to test the linearity of the detectors. Measurement results show that the nonlinearity correction is less than 0.025% when the current of the detector is varied from 0.2 mA to 3 nA. (4) The responsivity uniformity of the detector is measured to evaluate the uncertainty due to the difference between irradiance mode and power mode. The nonuniformity in an area of 5 mm in diameter is less than 0.03%. The uncertainty of the spectral irradiance responsivity facility from 400 to 900 nm is 0.14%~0.074% (k=1). The spectral irradiance responsivity of the detector measured by the new facility and lamp-monochromator facility is compared. Results show that the two facilities show good agreement from 400 to 900 nm. The difference between the two methods is within the uncertainty of the lamp-monochromator facility.
    WU Zhi-feng, DAI Cai-hong, ZHAO Wei-qiang, XU Nan, LI Ling, WANG Yan-fei, LIN Yan-dong. Spectral Irradiance Responsivity Calibration Using Tunable Lasers[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2021, 41(3): 853
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