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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Ophir photodiode laser energy sensors are able to measure low energy pulses down to 10pJ at frequencies up to 20 kHz. Silicon photodiodes for the UV and visible spectrum and Germanium photodiodes for infrared.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Network OTDR
NFO series
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The NFO OTDR unit injects the laser pulse into the fiber under test and picks up scattered and reflected optical signals by an avalanche photodiode (APD). The unit accepts remote commands from Internet to control all related timing and data acquisition processes. Maximal three wavelengths are available at the NFO with options on 1310, 1490, 1550, and 1625 nm. NFO also has options on dynamic ranges so users can select the most cost effective units for their demands. Radiantech provides an easy use API (Application Program Interface) for NFO so users can design and build their own AP for NFO. Standard NFO API package is for Windows XP or higher. Please contact Radiantech’s sales person to inquire API for another OS.
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Ambient Light Sensors
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Renesas' ambient light sensors optimize display backlighting, enhance energy efficiency, and improve user experience with ultra-low light sensitivity, low power consumption, and precise spectral response. Our offerings include light-to-digital sensors with IR blocking filters and I2C interfaces, and light-to-analog solutions integrating photodiodes and amplifiers. Designed for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, these sensors deliver reliable performance even in demanding environments.
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Silicon Pyranometer
LPSILICON-PYRA04
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Pyranometer with silicon photodiode for measuring the GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE, diffuser for cosine correction. Spectral range 400…1100 nm.
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High Speed Photoreceivers
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Macom Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.
MACOM offers 40G and 50G amplified PIN photoreceivers with high responsivity PIN photodiodes usable from 1200 – 1650 nm. These products are available in butterfly packages with single-mode fiber and coaxial output connectors.
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Current to Digital
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Analog Devices’ breakthrough current-to-digital converter technology is backed by award winning expertise to help solve your medical, industrial, and security application needs. Our high speed, high resolution ADC modules enable improved CT scanner data acquisition, photodiode sensors and power monitoring, spectroscopy, and high channel count data acquisition systems.
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Two -Dimensional PSD
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Functions according to the Lateral Effect Photodiode principle. It is an analogue device and therefore displays excellent position resolution. The resolution is determined by the system signal-to-noise ratio. It is operated in the biased mode. Typical applications include: distance andheight measurement, alignment, position and motion measurements and vibration studies
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Light-to-Analog Sensors (Voltage)
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Renesas' light-to-voltage silicon optical sensors combine a photodiode array, a non-linear current amplifier and a micropower op amp on a single monolithic IC. Applications for these devices include display backlight control, keypad dimming, anti-glare mirror systems, and industrial and medical light sensing applications.
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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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UV Photodiodes
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Active area from 0.06 mm² to 36 mm² and quadrant photodiodes for position detections. Spectral response for broadband UV or filtered for UVA, UVB, UVC or UV-Index. Various entrance optics and housings options available (TO or SMD). Our own SiC photodiode chip production since 2009 also available with VUV sensitivity. PTB (German equivalent of NIST or NPL) measured high radiation hardness. 350°C high temperature stable photodiodes available. Photodiode application guide.
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Active Optical Connectors
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Panasonic Industrial Devices Sales Company of America
All-In-One Design, Integrated Fiber Cable for High-Speed Transmission.Panasonic, a worldwide leader in Connector Products, offers the V Series Active Optical Connectors. Featuring a built-in Laser Diode and Photodiode along with an electrical/optical conversion function, the V Series is an all-in-one optical transceiver capable of transmission rates up to 8 Gbps.
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Linear Array Detector Cards
X-Card 0.2 to 2.5mm
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A product family of high performance linear X-ray detector cards with preamplifier ASICs. The preamplifier ASIC converts the charge output from the photodiode array into voltage with serial output for easy integration with readout electronics. Can be arranged end-to-end to form large linear detector arrays.
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SparkFun Opto-isolator Breakout
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This is a board designed for opto-isolation. This board is helpful for connecting digital systems (like a 5V microcontroller) to a high-voltage or noisy system. This board electrically isolates a controller from the high-power system by use of an opto-isolator IC. This IC has two LEDs and two photodiodes built-in. This allows the low-voltage side to control a high voltage side.
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Power Meter
TW3211
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Techwin(China) Industry Co., Ltd
TW3211 optical power meter Is a handheld optical power meter, newly released in 2007, which can be used for absolute optical power measurements as well as for relative loss measurements in optical fibers. A Ø1.0mm photosensitive area photodiode is used to significantly improve the stability and the reliability. It features ingenious appearance, a wide range of power measurement, high accuracy, an user self-calibration function and a reference power level storage.
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Photodiodes
Avalanche
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Similar to photomultipliers, avalanche photodiodes are used to detect extremely weak light intensities. Si APDs are used in the wavelength range from 250 to 1100 nm, and InGaAs is used as semiconductor material in APDs for the wavelength range from 1100 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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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.
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Atomic Force Microscope
AFM Heron
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New, fully motorized AFM HERON (HERO of Nanotechnology) which allows to perfectly align a cantilever, laser and photodiode by just one click on a command button. The scanning settings and landing parameters are also automated that allows to avoid any time consuming adjustment operations, thus leaving more time to researcher for designing the experiment and performing more accurate measurements.
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Photo Detector with Integrated Transimpedance Amplifiers
ADN3010-11
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Analog Devices optoelectronic amplifiers include a range of germanium photodiodes that, through a proprietary process, have been monolithically integrated with silicon transimpedance amplifiers and limiting amplifiers. This process eliminates the need for bond wires connecting the photodiode to the transimpedance amplifier, which leads to improved performance and greater manufacturing reliability. Our portfolio of products also supports the growing need for optical and electrical interface miniaturization.
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2x8 Coherent Mixer With Single-ended Photodetectors
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This page defines the requirement of a special coherent receiver with 8 single-ended photodiode outputs, per customer request. The coherent mixer, consisting of two polarization-diversified 90deg optical hybrids, a polarizing beam splitter and a beam splitter, is exactly same as existing DP-QPSK coherent mixer, and therefore offering same optical performance.
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Optical Power And Energy Meters
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Thorlabs' expanding line of optical power and energy meters includes power meter consoles, a large selection of sensor heads, a wireless power meter with a built-in photodiode sensor, and a fiber optic power meter designed for use in the field. The consoles (PM100, PM400, and PM300 Series) when paired with our extensive line of power and energy sensors provide calibrated (NIST traceable) measurements across a broad range of powers, energies, and wavelengths. The console(s) and sensor(s) can be purchased individually or as bundles based on our most popular console and sensor pairings. The sensor calibration data is stored in the sensor head and is automatically read by the console, which allows the user to use multiple sensors with the same console. Compatible sensors are easily identified by the red c-series connector. All of our old A/B-Type sensors are available with the new connector; plus, we have continued to expand our power and energy sensor product lines.
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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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High Speed Fiber-Optic Detectors
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High speed fiber-optic detectors use special photodiodes with high speed electronic circuits to convert fast pulses in optical fibers to electrical signals for measurement. Unlike our optical receivers, these photodetectors do not include a transimpedance amplifier.
