Newport maintains an advanced calibration facility to meet all of your National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) traceability needs. Computer-automated testing allows us to include a complete calibration report with every detector and matching attenuator we sell. In-house reference standards are directly recertified at every wavelength on state-of-the-art cryogenic calorimeters traceable to the NIST. Our comprehensive testing and direct traceability gives you the highest-accuracy calibrations with results you can trust.
Recertifying detectors every year can be a hassle, but not with Newport's Detector Calibration Service, providing fast-turnaround recalibration of all Newport detectors. To ensure quality, Newport always inspects your detector for damage or artifacts that could affect the accuracy of your recalibration.
To keep you in compliance with NIST traceability, ISO 9000 and ANSI/NCSL Z540 calibration requirements, each new low-power detector and re-calibration service comes with a full calibration report (for recertification of any Newport optical meter accompanying the order, see Optical Meter Calibration Services). The report lists the measured responsivity at 10 nm intervals across the spectral range specified for the particular detector. If an attenuator is included, calibration certification tables are provided for the detector with and without the attenuator. To give you a sense of ...

Newport maintains an advanced calibration facility to meet all of your National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) traceability needs. Computer-automated testing allows us to include a complete calibration report with every detector and matching attenuator we sell. In-house reference standards are directly recertified at every wavelength on state-of-the-art cryogenic calorimeters traceable to the NIST. Our comprehensive testing and direct traceability gives you the highest-accuracy calibrations with results you can trust.
Recertifying detectors every year can be a hassle, but not with Newport's Detector Calibration Service, providing fast-turnaround recalibration of all Newport detectors. To ensure quality, Newport always inspects your detector for damage or artifacts that could affect the accuracy of your recalibration.
To keep you in compliance with NIST traceability, ISO 9000 and ANSI/NCSL Z540 calibration requirements, each new low-power detector and re-calibration service comes with a full calibration report (for recertification of any Newport optical meter accompanying the order, see Optical Meter Calibration Services). The report lists the measured responsivity at 10 nm intervals across the spectral range specified for the particular detector. If an attenuator is included, calibration certification tables are provided for the detector with and without the attenuator. To give you a sense of calibration continuity, each report also includes a table and graph showing the percent deviation between the present calibration and the previous one (not included on new detectors).
Our 818 Series and 818-IS-1 detectors use a Newport “/CM” calibration module (Figure 1), when used with our legacy power meter families. Be sure to return the calibration module (or PROM) with your detector, when sending these in for recalibration. The calibration module will be reprogrammed with the new calibration data. Our new 918D Series detectors, compatible with our new power meter product lines using a 15-pin D-sub connector, do not require a separate calibration module as the data is stored in an EEPROM located inside the detector assembly.
For those customers wishing to upgrade their 818 Series BNC-Terminated Newport Detector to one with a calibration module, we offer part numbers accommodating that. See table below for more information.
If you ordered a 818 Series detector and forgot to specify the calibration module (the /CM version), you can simply order a new cal module by using part number 818-SCAL-OPT. Unless your detector is out of calibration by over two years, you don't need to send it back. Please call Newport and a Customer Service Representative will ask you for your detector model, power meter model and detector serial number. Please have this information ready when you call us.