502-6501-40

The 502-6501-40 is a high-performance silicon photodiode manufactured by Excelitas Technologies. Below is a detailed description of this component:

Key Features:

• High Sensitivity: The 502-6501-40 silicon photodiode offers high sensitivity to light across a broad spectral range, making it suitable for applications requiring accurate detection of optical signals.

• Wide Spectral Response: With its broad spectral response range, the photodiode efficiently detects light across both visible and near-infrared wavelengths, enabling versatile use in various optical sensing and detection applications.

• Fast Response Time: Featuring a fast response time, the photodiode rapidly converts incident light into electrical signals, allowing for real-time detection and measurement of optical phenomena and events.

• Low Dark Current: The photodiode exhibits low dark current characteristics, minimizing noise and improving signal-to-noise ratio in low-light conditions, ensuring accurate and reliable performance in light detection applications.

• Compact Size: Housed in a compact package, the 502-6501-40 photodiode offers space-saving advantages and facilitates easy integration into optical sensing systems, allowing for compact and streamlined designs.

• High Quantum Efficiency: With high quantum efficiency, the photodiode efficiently converts photons into electrical current, maximizing the detection sensitivity and enhancing the overall performance of optical detection systems.

• Low Capacitance: The photodiode features low capacitance properties, enabling fast signal processing and minimizing signal distortion, particularly in high-frequency optical detection and communication applications.

Applications:

• Photometry: Used in photometric instruments and systems, the photodiode accurately measures light intensity and luminous flux in applications such as spectrophotometry, colorimetry, and photometry.

• Optical Sensing: Applied in optical sensing and detection systems, the photodiode detects and quantifies optical signals in various applications including light barriers, motion detection, proximity sensing, and laser rangefinding.

• Medical Devices: Integrated into medical instruments and diagnostic devices, the photodiode facilitates optical measurements for applications such as pulse oximetry, blood glucose monitoring, and fluorescence spectroscopy in healthcare settings.

• Industrial Automation: Employed in industrial automation and control systems, the photodiode enables optical sensing for tasks such as object detection, presence sensing, position sensing, and barcode scanning in manufacturing and logistics applications.

• Environmental Monitoring: Utilized in environmental monitoring equipment and instruments, the photodiode measures ambient light levels and solar radiation in applications such as weather stations, solar energy systems, and environmental sensors.

• Communication Systems: Integrated into optical communication systems, the photodiode converts optical signals into electrical signals for transmission and reception in fiber optic communication networks, optical data links, and telecommunications equipment.

• Scientific Research: Used in scientific instruments and research applications, the photodiode supports optical measurements and experiments in fields such as spectroscopy, microscopy, astronomy, and photonics research.