[Laser] super PIN photodiode sale!!!!!

[n9jim]

Sounds great.. where is ALL ELECTRONICS?

N9JIM/6
Jim


W2MXW wrote:

> To all in the group:
> 
> 
> While we're on the subject of PIN photodiodes -
> All Electronics is currently offering their Cat. no. PD-3 which are large
> area PIN
> photodiodes from UDT (United Detector Technologies) Sensors Inc. These are
> in a 1" dia., glass windowed BNC connector package and are UDT Part. No.
> PIN-10D. These are
> an exceptional deal at $5.00 each!!! (and no, I'm not affiliated with All
> Elec. in any way, I just like to notify the group whenever I find a
> worthwhile offering which I feel might benefit everyone.)
> These are professional research-grade large area PIN diode detectors,
> normally costing MUCHO $$$$ and thus normally out of reach of the average
> amateur
> experimenter.
> 
> Checking with the UDT Sensors .pdf datasheet for the PIN-10D, (get it at
> www.udt.com) the most
> important specs are:
> Photoconductive mode (biased) PIN photodiode
> Active area: 100 mm ^2
> Dark current @ 10 volts bias: 2 nA typ., 25 nA max.
> Responsivity:
> @ 400 nm, min. 0.07/typ. 0.12 A/W
> @ 632 nm, min. 0.33/typ. 0.40 A/W
> @ 970 nm, min. 0.60/typ. 0.65 A/W
> Capacitance:
> @ 0 volts bias, 1500 pF
> @ 10 volts bias, 300 pF
> NEP (watts/sq. root Hz) 3.9 e-14
> Max. reverse volts: 30
> Risetime, @ 10 volts bias, 632 nm, 50 ohm load: 43 ns
> 
> According to UDT these are specifically designed for laser communications
> applications, among other things like professional spectrophotometry.
> Also, for IR buffs like myself, these have very high responsivity to well
> past 1 micrometer wavelength (a whopping 0.6 A/W avg. @ 1 um, and better
> than 0.15 A/W @
> 1.1 um) - much more so than most commonly-available PD's.
> 
> 73 de Jonathan W2MXW
> 
> 
> 
> 
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