8230E Optical Power Meter Operation Manual
5. TECHNICAL NOTES
5-1
5.
TECHNICAL NOTES
5.1
Principle of Measurement
Figure 5-1 shows a block diagram of this instrument.
When light falls on the photodiode in the sensor, the photo-electric current, which is generated, is converted
into voltage through the IV converter, amplified, and then digitized through the AD converter as measure-
ment data.
For the 823x series sensors, sensitivity data (power calibration data and wavelength sensitivity data) stored
in each sensor is read by the CPU and used to perform the correction calculation to the measurement data,
and then the result is displayed.
If the option is specified, the 821x series sensors can be connected.
For the 821x series sensors, the power calibration at the calibration wavelength is performed by using the
power adjustment VR contained in each power sensor. Then wavelength sensitivity data (typical value)
stored in the power meter is read by the CPU and used to perform the correction calculation to the measure-
ment data, and finally the calculation result is displayed.
Analog data before the AD conversion is output to ANALOG OUT through a buffer.
Therefore, as described above, the operation for the 823x series sensors is different from the operation for
the 821x series sensors.
For the 823x series sensors, ZERO (offset cancel), power calibration, wavelength sensitivity correction, and
CF (correction coefficient) calculation are not applied to the output from ANALOG OUT. A voltage of 2 V,
which corresponds to the full scale of the internal current range, is output by amplifying the input current.
For the 821x series sensors, ZERO (offset cancel), wavelength sensitivity correction, and CF (correction
coefficient) calculation are not applied to the output from ANALOG OUT. A voltage of 2 V, which corre-
sponds to the full scale of the optical power range at the calibration wavelength, is output.
The same data as a value that is displayed after the correction calculation can be output from the USB digital
interfaces.