Spectrum Detector, Inc.: "We have over 60 years of combined experience in optical and thermal detectors, laser power and energy meters, custom photonic instrumentation, and NIST traceable calibration methods", stated Don Dooley, President of Spectrum Detector and past founder of Molectron Detector, Inc.

We're a young company but one with a wealth of experience based on a Senior Technical Staff. We understand lasers, sensors, electronics, measurement and calibration methodology. We pride ourselves in the creation and development of unique laser instrumentation that provides the best solution to measuring the optical power or energy of your source.

We've developed a wide selection of products including Hybrid Pyroelectric Detectors, Laser Power Meters, Laser Energy Meters, Optical Power Meters, Broadband Pyroelectric Radiometers and THz Detectors and Instruments.

We work closely with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to keep abreast of the latest calibration technology and methods. We've transferred unique Optical TRAP Probe technology from NIST Boulder and developed a line of Calibration Transfer Standards from it.

We have designed and built a number of custom calibration standards for NIST Gaithersburg including Temperature controlled Pyro Radiometers, Thermally compensated Optical Detectors for Photon detector calibration, Precision thermally stable preamplifier standards, to name a few.

We pride ourselves on working closely with you, our customer, to provide the best technical solution to your challenging optical measurement needs.

Detector solutions that cover the spectrum.

Spectrum Detector joins forces with Laserpoint in North America.

Spectrum Detector has agreed to be the Exclusive Distributor of Lasepoint products in the USA and Canada effective in January 2010. They will be responsible for marketing, sales and technical support for all of the Laserpoint Test and Measurement products. Laserpoint offers a wide variety of High Damage Threshold Power and Energy Meters designed for the 1 W to 10 kW and 0.2 J to 600 J range. Read More

Upcoming Trade Shows

SPIE Photonics West
Moscone Center
San Francisco, CA
January 26-28, 2010
Booth #5427

Hot Topics

What is a laser POWER meter?

A laser power meter is an optical instrument that is designed to measure the Radiant Intensity (i.e. power) of a pulsed or CW (continuous wave) laser in terms of Watts. The are typically made up of a laser probe (i.e. detector), electronics and a meter ... Read more

What is a laser ENERGY meter?

A laser energy meter is an optical instrument that is designed to measure the energy of pulsed lasers in terms of "Joules" (watt/seconds). They typically include a reasonably fast energy probe, electronics and a meter (readout) ... Read more

What is a BROADBAND RADIOMETER?

First lets define a Radiometer as an instrument that measures the intensity of electro-magnetic energy sources in terms of radiometric units like Watts, Watts/cm², Watts/st, etc. These measurements might be made in a narrow spectral region ...with Radiometers that use photodiodes for instance ... Read more

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