Si Biased Detector
Chapter 7: Specifications
Rev A, December 27, 2017
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Page 2: ...4 5 Junction Capacitance 6 4 6 Bandwidth and Response 6 4 7 Terminating Resistance 7 4 8 Shunt Resistance 7 4 9 Series Resistance 7 4 10 Battery Check 7 4 11 Battery Replacement 8 Chapter 5 Common Ope...
Page 3: ...ol Description Direct Current Alternating Current Both Direct and Alternating Current Earth Ground Terminal Protective Conductor Terminal Frame or chassis Terminal Equipotentiality On Supply Off Suppl...
Page 4: ...l 12 V bias battery enclosed in rugged aluminum housing The DET36A2 includes a removable 1 optical coupler SM1T1 providing easy mounting of ND filters spectral filters fiber adapters SMA FC and ST sty...
Page 5: ...tor values Thorlabs sells a 50 terminator T4119 for best frequency performance and a variable terminator VT2 for output voltage flexibility Note the input impedance of your measurement device since th...
Page 6: ...the level of the output current to expect and the responsivity based upon the incident light Depicted in Figure 1 is a junction photodiode model with basic discrete components to help visualize the ma...
Page 7: ...tage builds up This mode of operation exploits the photovoltaic effect which is the basis for solar cells 4 4 Dark Current Dark current is leakage current which flows when a bias voltage is applied to...
Page 8: ...of the RC circuit Drift time tdf Time for electron hole pairs to move from the depletion zone to the electrodes The depletion zone has an intrinsic electric field that accelerates the charges so that...
Page 9: ...may range from the order of ten to thousands of M and is dependent on the photodiode material For example an InGaAs detector has a shunt resistance on the order of 10 M while a Ge detector is in the...
Page 10: ...late the bias voltage more precisely using this feature then a high impedance load is suggested 4 11 Battery Replacement Thorlabs delivers each DET with an A23 12 V battery This battery is readily ava...
Page 11: ...sed to produce a linear response with applied input light The photocurrent generated is based upon the incident light and wavelength and can be viewed on the oscilloscope by attaching a load resistanc...
Page 12: ...cross the photodiode since point A is held at the same potential as point B by the operational amplifier This eliminates the possibility of dark current Photoconductive mode The photodiode is reversed...
Page 13: ...ll have a 1 M input impedance For visible detectors point the detector toward a fluorescent light and verify that a 60 Hz 50 Hz outside the US signal appears on the scope If so the device should be op...
Page 14: ...heck Switch Momentary Pushbutton Output BNC DC Coupled Package Size 2 79 x 1 96 x 0 89 70 9 mm x 49 8 mm x 22 5 mm PD Surface Depth6 0 09 2 2 mm Weight 0 10 kg Accessories SM1T1 Coupler SM1RR Retainer...
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Page 16: ...Si Biased Detector Chapter 7 Specifications Page 14 TTN134189 D02 7 2 Mechanical Drawing Visit the web for a more detailed mechanical drawing...
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