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Instrument bias

The average of replicate indications minus a reference quantity value — the instrument-level counterpart of measurement bias. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.20 Instruments

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.20

…Becauseofthestrongevidenceforthiswavelength biasandconfidenceinthewavelengthaccuracyof theNBSReferencespectrophotometer, andthe Table5,Acomparisonofthedataforreflectanceminimanum- bers7,14,and23asdeterminedontheVarian-Caryspec- trophotometerandtheNBSReferencespectrophotometer. ReflectanceMinima Varian-Cary Reference Difference BandSBW Instrument Instrument No. (nm) (1) (2) (2…

Page 158 · SP 250 · 1998 Open PDF at page 158 →

…photodiode,vsdthaccesstothebiascurrent,combinedwithanrfpowersensor overthefrequencyrangeof300kHzto55GHzat1319nm.Typical measurementuncertaintiesareabout0.05dB,whichincludesmeasurement repeatability,rfpowermeterscalingaccuracyandofifeet,opticalpowerdrift,bias currentmeasurement,andpowersensornoise.Themeasurementtechnique,based ontheheterodynebeatnotebetweentwosingle-frequencyNd:YAGlasers operatingat1319nm,isreviewedanditsimplementation isdescribed.Adetailed analysisofsourcesoferrorandestimatesofuncertaintyarepresented…

Page 7 · SP 250 · 1999 Open PDF at page 7 →

…E.Uncertainties 1.Instrumental Bias BecauseofthespecialdesignoftheRTS,thecombinedsystematicerror introducedbythespectrophotometer itselfintomeasurements ofthetrue regulartransmittance definedinSectionII.Ahasbeenminimized. The individualcomponentsofthiserrorarediscussed inReference[1]andare heresummarized asfollows. Beam-displacement anddefocusingeffects: Theseareundetectable…

Page 40 · SP 250 · 1987 Open PDF at page 40 →

…The QED-200hadalimitedspectralrange(usually400nmto750nm)whereitoperatedwith100% QE,andsufferedfromlimiteddynamicrangeduetotherelativelyhighreverse-biasvoltage used.ThespectralpowerresponsivitywastransferredtocustomersatthistimebytheDetector ResponseTransferandIntercomparisonProgram(DRTIP).Customerswouldrentaradiometer fromNISTandtransferthedetectorscaletotheirworkingstandard(s). Thescalerelative uncertaintyrangedfrom0.6%to4%'overthespectralrangefrom250nmto1100nm[14]. Asecondgenerationtrapdetector(verysimilartothethencommercially availableGraseby…

Page 14 · SP 250 · 2008 Open PDF at page 14 →