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

Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:23:25 -0800 (PST)

This sounds very good...I was going to go with the
digi key available PD, but these are much better....

Speaking of the filters available from Haltek a few
years ago, wonder if they still have any of these
filters available?

Bill
--- W2MXW <[email protected]> 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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