Photodiode
convert's light into current.
See Also: Diode, Laser Diode, Zener Diode, Diode Test, Photodiode Arrays
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Photodiode Energy Sensors
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Our photodiode laser energy sensors are able to measure low energy pulses down to 10 pJ at frequencies up to 20 kHz. Silicon photodiodes for the UV and visible spectrum and Germanium photodiodes for infrared.
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16-element Si photodiode array
S12362-321
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The S12362/S12363 series is a back-illuminated type 16-element photodiode array specifi cally designed for non-destructive X-ray inspection. These are modified versions of our previous products (S11212 series: 1.575 mm pitch). The pitch has been changed to 2.5 mm. The back-illuminated photodiode array is also simple to handle and easily couples to scintillators without having to worry about wire damage because there are no bonding wires and photosensitive areas on the back side.
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Full Range Photodiode Array UV-VIS-NIR-SWIRLaboratory Spectroradiometers
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The SR-Series of full range laboratory spectroradiometers is ideal for a wide range of applications, including Solar radiance and irradiance measurements. Solar simulator test and classification. LED, laser, light source metrology. Radiometric calibration transfer. Remote sensing applications.
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Pyranometer with Silicon Photodiode
LP471SILICONPYRA
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Pyranometer with silicon photodiade for GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE measurement.
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Ultra-Low Noise 2 kHz Photoreceiver w/ Si-PIN Photodiode
PWPR-2K-SI
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Picowatt Photoreceiver series PWPR-2K with switchable gain (10 to the 9th V/A, 10 to the 10th V/A) and a bandwidth from DC to 2 kHz is the perfect choice for cw-measurements, time resolved signal acquisitions and highly sensitive modulated measurements. Si and InGaAs models cover the wavelength range from 320 to 1700 nm.
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Fiber Photodiode Power Sensors
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These interfaces provide communication between an attached sensor and a PC or other external control unit. They are designed to be controlled via an external device or operated autonomously using the analog output; there are no controls or display screens.
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Optical Power Meters
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Artifex Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
The OPM series of optical power meters (OPM) employs photodiodes for the measurement and monitoring of optical power from the UV to near IR.
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FTTx Amplifiers
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Macom Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.
MACOM’s FTTx amplifiers are designed for PON, RFoG and SFU receiver equipment and are offered in small, plastic QFN packages with integrated amplifier and attenuator functions. All parts cover the full 45 to 1000MHz / 1200MHz CATV band. 5v and 12v solutions are offered with power consumption of ≤ 1.5Watts. MACOM’s FTTx amplifiers are characterized with industry standard photodiodes, covering optical input ranges from -12 to +3dBm and each sample EVK comes complete with a photodiode and APC connector.
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High Speed Free Space Optical Detectors
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High speed optical detectors use special photodiodes with high speed electronic circuits to convert fast optical pulses to electrical signals for measurement. Unlike our optical receivers, these detectors do not include a transimpedance amplifier.
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Laser Diode Drivers
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Arroyo Instruments offers a broad range of laser drivers to meet your exact test needs. From 100 milliamps to 100 Amps, all of Arroyo Instruments' LaserSource benchtop laser drivers include unique features not found on competing products such as optically isolated photodiode and modulation inputs, programmable PD bias, and both RS232 and USB computer interfaces. The LaserSource also has laser diode protection circuits such as interlock, ESD protection, and hardware limits for current and voltage.
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Optical Sensors
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Analog Devices optical sensors are optical sensing front ends that include integrated ultra-low noise amplification and high performance photodiodes. These solutions are used to achieve the highest performance for instrumentation, industrial, or clinical applications; or to optimize a solution to achieve the lowest power dissipation at a given performance level for battery powered and portable applications.
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Sensing System
FBG
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A cost-effective FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) interrogation system that includes a tunable laser diode, 6 photodiodes, and several fiber-optic couplers has been developed with very simple coniguration. Especially, it is not necessary to compensate the accurate wavelength because the wavelength sweeping is precisely performed in terms of the response time of which external cavity material is 5 msec. Moreover, time-varying temperature trends as well as spectra of FBGs can be observed through the front display.
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Laser Power / Energy Meter
StarBright 7Z01580
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*Compatible with all standard Ophir thermal, BeamTrack, pyroelectric (PE-C series) and photodiode sensors*Brilliant color large size TFT 320x240 display*Choose between Digital with Bargraph, Analog Needle, Line Plot (for laser tuning), Pulse Chart, Pass/Fail, *Position, Stability, Real Time Statistics displays*Sophisticated power and energy logging, including logging every point at up to 5000Hz with Pyro sensors*Math functions for advanced processing such as Density, Scale Factor, Normalize against base line, etc.*Can mix functions together and display the results graphically. Function results can also be logged.*USB Disk on Key (Thumb Drive) for nearly unlimited data storage.*USB and RS232 interfaces with StarLab PC applications and User Commands document
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Light Analysis
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Welcome to Thorlabs; below you will find links to detectors and instrumentation that measure the various properties of light, a subset of our entire line of photonics products. Thorlabs offers an extensive selection of instruments that measure the properties of light. Our versatile power and energy meters can be used with over 25 different sensors in order to make NIST-traceable power and energy measurements. If the convenience of a meter is not desired, our selection of detectors includes basic photodiodes (uncalibrated and calibrated), photodetectors (biased, amplified, and avalanche), CCD and CMOS arrays, position detectors, integrating spheres, and photomultiplier tubes. The Beam Characterization category contains beam profilers (camera and scanning slit), a wavefront sensor, spectrometers, and interferometers, while the Polarimetery link leads to a selection of instruments used to measure and control the polarization of light.
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Transimpedance Amplifiers
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Artifex Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
Applications include photodetection with PMTs and photodiodes, spectroscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, ionization detectors, pyro and piezoelectric detectors.
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10G Pin Photoreceivers
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Macom Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.
MACOM offers PIN photodiode based photoreceivers in a variety of packages, including OEM module and instrument-style. A wide range of 10G solutions are available for applications up to 15 Gb/s covering 800-1650 nm wavelengths.
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High End Portable Laser Power/Energy Meter
Centauri Single Channel P/N7Z01700
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*Compatible with all standard Ophir Thermal, BeamTrack, Pyroelectric and Photodiode sensors*Large 7" Full Color Touch Display*Multilingual interface – English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean*Single and Dual Channel models available*Various Displays: Bargraph, Analog Needle, Line Plot, Pulse Chart, Pass/Fail, Position, Stability, and Real Time Statistics*Dual Channel Instrument supports Split and Merged Graphical Displays*Sophisticated power and energy logging, including logging every pulse at up to 25000Hz with Pyro sensors*Math functions: Density, Scale Factor, Normalize against base line, etc. Functions can be mixed together, displayed graphically, and can also be logged
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40Gb/s DQPSK Receiver
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The integrated DQPSK receiver incorporates an optical phase demodulator (delay-line interferometer or DLI) with 2 pairs of balanced photo-diodes and 2 linear TIAs into a single butterfly package. Compared with the currently available discrete solution in which a separate DLI and a separate receiver are used, the integrated DQPSK receiver eliminates labor intensive fiber routing and coupling (between the DLI and the balanced receiver) as well as the skew control. Moreover, the integrated DQPSK receiver offers a smaller footprint suitable for today’s demanding high speed transponder applications.
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Highest SNR PDA Miniature Spectrometer
VS70-PDA
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VS70-PDA OEM Photodiode Array Spectrometer is a high performance compact fiber coupled spectrometer covering wide spectral range of 200 to 1000 nm. This VS70 system for industrial applications uses a modified VS70 optical engine with Horiba’s type-IV Aberration-Corrected Flat-Field Holographic Ion-Etched concave grating optimized for UV-VIS and a linear photodiode array.
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Low Input Bias Current Amplifiers (<100 pA)
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Low input bias current op amps are required whenever the difference of currents or voltage is small and needs to be measured accurately. These op amps are used so that the signal is not loaded down by the input of the op amps. Low input bias current op amps are critical for interfacing sensors in applications from photodiodes, pH meters, or other electrometer related functions to downstream electronics. Analog Devices has many precision op amps that fit the definition and range of these applications.
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Adjustable Range Reflective Photoelectric Sensor
EQ-30
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Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Company of America
The compact EQ-30 Adjustable Range Reflective Photoelectric Sensor is only 68 x 20 x 40mm but delivers amazing performance. Normal Reflective Type Sensors operate by sensing the variation in the amount of incident beam. However, the Adjustable Range Reflective Sensing Type Sensors, incorporate a 2-segment photodiode to sense variation in the incident beam angle. Thus, the output is activated according to the distance of the object from the Sensor. This system helps the EQ-30 Series to be unaffected by object color or a background, enabling stable sensing. The robust housing offers IP67 protection allowing the EQ-30 Sensor to be used in the most demanding industrial environments.
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Light Sensor
NaPiCa
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Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Company of America
Visible light sensor (Silicon Photo IC) that detects light and converts into electrical current. Consists of a photodiode and built-in amplifier. Optical filter provides spectral response similar to human eye sensitivity. Applications include: LCD Backlight Control, Commercial and Residential Lighting Brightness Control, Security Lighting.
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X-Ray And Gamma Detector Systems
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The XR-100CR is a new high performance x-ray detector, preamplifier, and cooler system using a thermoelectrically cooled Si-PIN photodiode as an xray detector. Also mounted on the 2-stage cooler are the input FET and a novel feedback circuit. These components are kept at approximately -55 °C, and are monitored by an internal temperature sensor. The hermetic TO-8 package of the detector has a light tight, vacuum tight thin Beryllium window to enable soft xray detection. The XR-100T-CdTe represents a breakthrough in xray detector technology by providing “off-the-shelf” performance previously available only from expensive cryogenically cooled systems. The XR-100-CdTe is also suited for measuring gamma rays.
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UV Index Measurement
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The sglux UV-Index sensors measure the UVI with a worldwide unique low measurement uncertainty of less than 5 %. This makes our sensors compliant to the highest measurement precisions class one according the DIN/EN 5031-11, chapter 8. Since 2018 our product UV-Cosine_UVI (ERYCA) is appointed for public authority tasks: The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) services 27 measurement points in Germany for public information of the daily UV-Index. Twenty of these points (Andernach, Chieming, Duderstadt, Fichtelberg, Genthin, Giessen-Wettenberg, Schauenburg-Kassel, Langen, Lueneburg, Munchen-Neuherberg, Norderney, Belm/Osnabrueck, Schauinsland, Tholey, Todendorf, Waldhof-Falkenstein, Waldmuenchen, Wurmberg, Zingst and Zirchow) use the sglux ERYCA to obtain the local UV-Index value. In 2017 ARPANSA (Australian Government’s primary authority on radiation protection and nuclear safety) began replacing the existing biometers with SiC photodiode UV sensors (sglux ERYCA) at all network sites. There are currently thirteen measurement sites in Australia that have been upgraded to the new sensors.
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Pulse Characterization Sensors
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Pulse Characterization Sensors provide the ability to see and measure the temporal characteristics of pulsed and CW laser beams. Ophir Fast Photodiode Detectors are designed to convert optical signals into electrical signals which are then measured with third-party instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers. Accessories are available to connect to IS6 integrating spheres or fiber optic cables. Attenuating filter accessories are also available to increase their dynamic range. Different models offer silicon, UV enhanced silicon and InGaAs PIN photodiodes, covering a combined spectral range of 193 nm to 1700 nm. Rise times range from 25 picoseconds to 3 nanoseconds. The fast rise times are achieved by an internal reverse bias voltage circuit. Power is supplied by internal batteries and/or an external power supply depending on the model. Detectors should be connected to a 50Ω impedance in order to maintain their nominal rise times. They can be connected to higher impedance loads, but this will result in a significant increase in the rise time. If higher output voltage is required, it is recommended to connect the detector to a trans-impedance amplifier with an Input impedance of 50Ω
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Avalanche Photodiodes
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These avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are silicon photodiodes with an internal gain mechanism. As with a conventional photodiode, absorption of incident photons creates electron-hole pairs. A high reverse bias voltage creates a strong internal electric field, which accelerates the electrons through the silicon crystal lattice and produces secondary electrons by impact ionization. The resulting electron avalanche can produce gain factors up to several hundred.
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Handheld Power & Energy Meter
Nova 7Z01500
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*Compatible with all standard Ophir Thermopile, Pyroelectric & Photodiode sensors.*Single shot energy measurement with thermal sensors.*Optional RS232 computer interface. Works with Ophir's StarCom32 application.*Power and energy logging with graphical display and statistics.*Laser Power Measurement averaging.*Easy to use soft keys, menu driven.*Screen graphics.*Backlight & rechargeable battery.*Analog output.*EMI rejection.*LabVIEW software included.
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Compact Juno USB Interface
Juno 7Z01250
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*Virtual laser power meter - From sensor to interface to PC - no power source needed*Plug and play with all standard Ophir smart sensors*Use with StarViewer free Android app to turn your smartphone / tablet into a power meter*Record every energy pulse at up to 10 KHz*Log power and energy, average, statistics, histograms and more with included StarLab application*New: Pulsed Power measurements with Thermopile sensors*New: Low Frequency Power on Photodiode sensors - power measurement based on pulse cycle (for VCSEL)*System Integrator Tools included: LabVIEW VIs, COM Object Interface*Very compact - is just an extension of the smart plug
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Light Meters
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Light Meters are used to measure the light output of an illumination source for a number of optical applications. Light Meters are measurement devices that feature photodiodes to determine the level of light transmitted from a source. Light Meters possess simple, easy to read screens upon which measurements are displayed in one or more photometric units. Most Light Meters possess traceable NIST certification for proof of accuracy.
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Hybrids
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ACP's hybrid devices combine the function of multiple components into one small form-factor package. Examples include Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM) / Tap Coupler / Isolator hybrids, Photodiode / Tap Coupler hybrids, and Polarization Maintaining Beam Splitter / Circulator hybrids.
