Optical Power Meter

Optical power is used to measure the absolute power and relate fiber optic loss in fiber optic system. Its price varies for different types. There are two types of handheld optical power meters: common optical power meters and PON optical power meters. A common optical power meter is usually used to measure an absolute power at 850/1300/1310/1490/1550/1625nm optical wavelength. While a PON power meter is used to measure upstream transmission direction at 1310nm wavelength, measure downstream direction at 1490 nm and 1550 nm wavelength.

The lowest unit price of common optical power is around US$10. Sometimes it can be combined with the optical light source (VFL), which will increase the unit price a bit. For PON optical power meter, its unit price is often more than US$50.