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Buying Optical Power Meters

Top-level product category: icon detectors and measurements

More general product categories: optical metrology equipment

Related product categories: optical energy meters, optical power monitors, photometers

Optical power meters measure the power of light beams, using either photodiodes for high sensitivity or thermopiles for high power levels. Some models are air-cooled or water-cooled for handling higher powers.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

encyclopedia article optical power meters optical power monitors photodetectors

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying optical power meters. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for optical power meters. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Additional Resources

See also the video on Introduction to our Optical Power Meter from Artifex Engineering!

Artifex Engineering

Suppliers for Optical Power Meters

65 suppliers for optical power meters are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 6 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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The Future Depends on Optics

Edmund Optics
101 East Gloucester Pike
Barrington, NJ 08007
United States
Profile page  Website  

See us at CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 317), Automate 25 in Detroit (MI), USA, May 12–15 (booth 4400), SPS Italia in Parma, Italy, May 13–15 (hall 5, booth 055), LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B1.416) and CLEO 2025 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 317)!

optical power meters

Laser power and energy meters are available from Edmund Optics in a wide selection of wavelength ranges for customization over a large number of laser measurement needs.

Product-specific web page

Partners for accuracy

Gentec Electro-Optics, Inc.
445 St-Jean-Baptiste, Suite 160
Quebec, QC
Canada G2E 5N7
optical power meters

Gentec Electro-Optics offers a variety of laser power meters, ranging from ultracompact photodiode-based devices for microwatt power levels to thermal detectors for powers up to 100 kW. We have a wide range of power measurement heads which can be combined with a great choice of displays and PC interfaces.

Product-specific web page

Test. Measure. Solve.

Quantifi Photonics Limited
12–14 Parkway Drive
Auckland 0632
New Zealand
Profile page  Website  
optical power meters

Quantifi Photonics offers a range of optical power meters in compact benchtop, PXI and rackmountable form factors for versatile, high-channel density fibre optic power monitoring from −60 to +10 dBm across 750 – 1700 nm wavelengths. Ideal for fiber optic manufacturing test, silicon photonics development and manufacturing, automated test systems, and as general R&D and production environment tools.

Product-specific web page

Your problem is our challenge – flexibility is our standard!

Artifex Engineering GmbH & Co KG
Dortmunder Str. 16–18
26723 Emden
Germany
Profile page  Website  

See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.230)!

optical power meters

Artifex OPM Series optical power meters use photodiodes as well as integrating spheres to measure and monitor optical power from UV to near IR. Our optical power meters are designed for fast response with a high signal to noise ratio. We offer a wide range of wavelengths (400-1600nm) and powers (nW-kW) and a variety of options in photodiode material and optical input. Visit our product page for more information about our OPM series. We look forward to your inquiry.

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Laser People Helping Laser People

Kentek Corporation
5 Jarado Way
Boscawen, NH 03303
United States
Profile page  Website  

See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.550)!

optical power meters

Kentek is an authorized distributor in the United States and Canada for Gentec EO power measurement meters and displays. We work with a handful of companies to provide the most comprehensive line of laser and IPL measurement devices. Whether your application requires a thermopile, photodiode, or pyroelectric sensor, we can cross-reference your specifications and find a solution for your application.

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CNI Laser
No. 888 Jinhu Road
High-tech Zone, Changchun 130103
China
Profile page  Website  

See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.261)!

optical power meters

CNI offers various thermopile laser power meters and photoelectric laser power meters. They are able to detect output powers from 1 nW to 200 W. The wavelength range is from 0.19 μm to 25 μm.

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Other Suppliers

Acal BFi
Germany
AceXon
Singapore
AFL Hyperscale
United Kingdom
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Anritsu Company
United States
APEX Technologies
France
Profile page  Website  
AVoptics
United Kingdom
Profile page  Website  
Shanghai Baudcom Communication Device Co., Ltd.
China
Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
China
Profile page  Website  
Coherent Corp.
United States
Profile page  Website  
Del Mar Photonics, Inc.
United States
Electro Optical Components, Inc.
United States
EuroLase
EXFO Inc.
Canada
Profile page  Website  
Fiberise
United Kingdom
FIBERPRO, Inc.
Korea
FOSCO Connect
United States
Gamma Scientific
United States
Gigahertz-Optik GmbH
Germany
GMP SA, Büro Zürich
Switzerland
Grandway
China
greenTEG AG
Switzerland
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Heyoptics, Co. Ltd.
Hong Kong
Holo-Spectra, Inc.
United States
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Industrial Fiber Optics, Inc.
United States
JGR Optics, Inc.
Canada
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
United States
Kingfisher International
Australia
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Labsphere, Inc.
United States
Lahat Technologies Ltd
Israel
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Laser Components GmbH
Germany
Profile page  Website  
Laser Mechanisms, Inc.
United States
Lasermet Ltd.
United Kingdom
Laserpoint
Italy
Lightcomm Technology Co., Ltd.
China
Mountain Photonics GmbH
Germany
Nano-Giga
France
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New Age Instruments & Materials
India
Oelabs Inc.
China
Profile page  Website  
Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd.
Israel
Optiwave Photonics Limited
India
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OPTOKON, a.s.
Czech Republic
OZ Optics
Canada
Polytec GmbH
Germany
Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd.
United Kingdom
Saluki Technology Inc.
Taiwan
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Shanghai Shinho Fiber Communication
China
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Shanghai Shinho Fiber Processing
China
Profile page  Website  
Shanghai Tarluz Telecom Tech. Co., Tld.
China
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Shenzhen Teco Optic Co., Ltd.
China
Profile page  Website  
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
Singapore
SLT Sensor- und Lasertechnik GmbH
Germany
Soliton Laser- und Messtechnik GmbH
Germany
STANDA Ltd.
Lithuania
VIAVI Solutions Inc.
United States
Wavelength Opto-Electronic (S) Pte Ltd
Singapore
Wuhan Sunma Technology Co, Ltd.
China
YIXI Smart Technology Co., Ltd.
China
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Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation
Japan
Zewda Technology Co., Ltd
Hong Kong

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