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Ok, the multiplicative factor of 9 is checking out more--it matters for the lock-in whether the input signal is a sine wave or square wave. For a sine wave, it singles out anything oscillating at the set frequency and gives the RMS voltage. For a square wave, it takes only the first Fourier component (2/π sin(ωt)) and then the RMS value (multiplied by <math> 1/ \sqrt{2} </math>). Page 31 in the manual is helpful. So for a square wave pulsed laser at 500 Hz like I'm sending in, the output voltage should be
 
<math> \frac{peak to peak* \frac{2}{\pi}}{(\sqrt{2}* sensitivity)} * 10 = 94.0050 *\frac{peak to peak}{sensitivity}=output</math>
 
 

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