Photon Calibrator Gold Standard NIST calibration (20 Sep 2007)

Document #:

LIGO-T1000637-v1

Document type:

T - Technical notes

Abstract:

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) calibrated the Photon Calibrator's Gold Standard (GS) photodetector system. This is the report from the first GS calibration, dated September 21-24, 2007.

Calibrated configuration is described in T070210-v1.

Files in Document:

• nistReportOfCalibration.pdf (116.6 kB)
• nistReportOfSpecialTest.pdf (247.6 kB)

Topics:

• Calibration

Authors:

• Michael Sakosky
• Richard Savage
• Jonathan Berliner

Keywords:

NIST PCAL gold standard photon calibrator

Notes and Changes:

For second NIST calibration, visit this link:
https://dcc.ligo.org/cgi-bin/private/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=10746

Update 30 Jan 2015: modified title, added document number with description of original Gold Standard assembly.

Related Documents:

Referenced by:

• LIGO-T1500036: Index of Photon Calibrator Gold Standard and Checking Standard NIST calibrations