1000 calibration reports . . . and counting
Thursday, November 22, 2012 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
The U.S. Internet – and indeed any communication system that sends information by fiber-optic cable – depends critically on strong, clear signals propagating reliably through transmission lines. The principal measurement for evaluating the performance of those systems and their components is optical fiber power, so the meters used have to be very precisely calibrated.