Laboratory of Micro/Nano Manufacturing Technology (MNMT), State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Shufan Chen, Fengzhou Fang. Development and Applications of Laser Power Meter[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(9): 0900003
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Fig. 6. Diagrams of flowing-water optical power meter[48]. (a) Typical flowing-water optical power meter; (b) calibration device of flowing-water optical power meter
Fig. 7. Typical diagrams of optical power measuring system by optodynamics. (a) Diagram of hanging measuring system[66]; (b) diagram of measuring system and calibration of maglev structure[64]; (c) spring structure integrated with capacitance sensor[63]
Relatively simple structure; the requirement of external temperature is not too strict; quicker response compared to laser power meters based on thermal effect
Lack of robustness for electromagnetic noise; bad spectral response
Thermopile
Flat spectral response; high saturation point; not sensitive to laser spot location and incident angle
Relatively slower response
Pyroelectric
High precision; fast response; ability to measure the energy of single laser pulse
Low durability
Cryogenic absolute radiometer (CAR)
Very high precision
Complicated measurement system
Flowing-water
Ability to measure the power up to tens of kilowatts
Low response speed
Table 1. Characteristics of typical optical power meter