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Calibration of the Frequency Response of Photodetector Using Twice-modulated Light

Masahiro Yoshioka
Metrology Institute of Japan
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A system for calibrating hydrophone sensitivity by laser interferometry has been constructed at the AIST. The frequency response of the photodetector (PD) in the system is one of important factors in determination of total measurement uncertainty of the calibration. So a novel calibration technique using twice-modulated light was proposed. This technique can determine the frequency response of the PD with small uncertainty without using a standard PD or a standard modulator.

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Figure 1: Photograph of the system for calibrating the frequency response of photodetector.

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Figure 2: An example of the measured frequency response with reference to 1.5 kHz of a photodetector. The error bars show the uncertainty for each measurement.

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