A method for calibrating the calculation of a laser power measurement with
respect to specified operational and/or environmental parameters in an
optoelectronic device, such as an optical transceiver module having a
laser diode, is disclosed. In particular, the method includes sensing
analog data that relates to light emission from the laser diode using a
monitor photodiode disposed in the optical transceiver module. Additional
sensors are then used to sense analog data that relates to the
temperature and voltage of the monitor photodiode. The analog data is
converted into digital data, then a formulaic relationship that relates
the light emission data to the temperature and voltage data is used to
calculate the laser power of the laser diode. Calibration by this method
accounts for unintended effects caused by temperature and voltage
fluctuations in the optical transceiver module.