Avalanche Photo Diode Detector

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APD-100 Photodetector

Avalanche Photodiode Photodetector

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Hinds Instruments offers an avalanche diode photodetector module that is optimized for use with the PEM and low light levels. It is less expensive, safer, more rugged and easier to use than a photomultiplier tube (PMT).

The gain is adjustable and the bandwidth is DC to 450 kHz, making it useful for circular dichroism experiments and other polarization measurements that involve small, fast (PEM frequency) signals.

Hinds designed the module using an avalanche photodiode that is sensitive to a minimum 90 nanoWatts (at maximum gain) signal and is usable from 200 – 1000 nm. While it is not sensitive enough for photon counting, it is well suited for most other applications that previously required a PMT. Unlike a PMT, it does not require the expense or large footprint of a high voltage power supply.

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Specifications
Specifications and Output Characteristics
Spectral Range (nm)Peak Sensitivity Wavelength Photodiode Diameter
200 - 1000620 nm 5 mm
Effective Active AreaNEP at Response Peak Frequency Bandwidth (3dB)
19.6 mm21 pW/√Hz DC to 450 kHz
Output Voltage at Saturation:Min Gain 1.34
Max Gain 8.5
Photoelectric Sensitivity, V/WMin Gain λ = 620nm 0.04 x 106
Max Gain λ = 620nm 2 x 106
Maximum Input Light Level, uWMin Gain λ = 620nm 250 uW
Minimum Input Light Level, nWMax Gain λ = 620nm 90 nW
Minimum Detection LimitMax Gain λ = 620nm 2 nW r.m.s.
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