(Newport Corp: Irvine, CA) -- Newport Corp., a global leader in lasers and photonics solutions that make, manage, and measure light, announces the 1830-R Optical Power Meter. A newly designed optical meter, the 1830-R provides a drop-in replacement for Newport’s legacy 1830-C Power Meter, which has been widely used in fiber-optic component production and testing.

The DC-power measurements can be easily viewed in the seven-segment, backlit LED display. Units of W, dBm, dB, and relative measurement can be displayed in the 4 1/2-digit, wide-angle view. A wide dynamic range is provided, with power sensitivities down to 10 pW and full-scale readings up to 2 W (detector dependent). The unit’s built-in, audible beeping tone changes its frequency as a function of incident optical power, making it useful when optimizing the optical beam alignment.

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