The U.S. Army Program For Improving Near-Millimeter Wave Power And Energy Standards

M. L. Fecteau

doi:10.1117/12.959639

27 February 1981 The U.S. Army Program For Improving Near-Millimeter Wave Power And Energy Standards

M. L. Fecteau

Proceedings Volume 0259, Millimeter Optics; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959639
Event: 1980 Huntsville Technical Symposium, 1980, Huntsville, United States

Abstract

In this paper we describe the US Army Metrology and Calibration Center's (USAMCC's) efforts to obtain about a five-fold improvement in the accuracy of power and energy standards for the Far Infrared (FIR) spectral region, 0.1-1.2 mm. Total uncertainties for most FIR calibrations are placed at ± 25% or worse, with no traceability to National Standards. Our goal is to establish, by the end of 1981, FIR reference standards with assigned uncertainties approaching ± 5%, directly traceable to infrared standards maintained by the US National Bureau of Standards (NBS). At that time, we also expect to initiate measurement and calibration services for the Army and other Department of Defense (DOD) agencies. To date, our program has resulted in the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the national standards laboratory of England, delivering to us a British power meter calibrated with an overall uncertainty of ± 11%. This recent NPL effort represents the latest state-of-the-art for FIR calibrations.

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M. L. Fecteau "The U.S. Army Program For Improving Near-Millimeter Wave Power And Energy Standards", Proc. SPIE 0259, Millimeter Optics, (27 February 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959639

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