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photocell 

Physical receptor that produces electric current when light is incident upon it. Syn. photoelectric cell.
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One example is polymer photodiodes with broadband absorption from 300 to 1,100nm.
Building low-cost infrared sensors with sub-micron films: Imec is working to industrialise thin-film photodetector stacks on CMOS to fabricate low-cost infrared image sensors, as the Belgian institute's Dr Pawel Malinowski explains
Shibata, "A low dark current InGaAs/InP p-i-n photodiode with covered mesa structure," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol.
Temperature Dependence Study of Mesa-Type InGaAs/InAlAs Avalanche Photodiode Characteristics
The open circuit voltage ([V.sub.oc]) and short circuit current ([I.sub.sc]) of the photodiode under 100mW/cm illumination are given in Table 2.
Influence of Irradiation Time on Structural, Morphological Properties of ZnO-NRs Films Deposited by MW-CBD and Their Photodiode Applications
Photodiode itself can function as a temperature sensor [21], but then it should run under no-load conditions (as opposed to the mode of photodiode short circuit under the measurement of the UVR irradiance).
Development of Precision Information Measuring System for Ultraviolet Radiation
Photodiode sun sensors have been used often for spacecraft and satellite attitude determination systems [18,19].
A low-cost photodiode sun sensor for CubeSat and planetary microrover
The light box is designed to locate the photodiodes. The light box was fabricated by using black colour acrylic with octagonal shape to provide better guide for photodiode arrangement.
Low density fibrous material surface light reflectance analysis
The photodiodes feature a large (10 mm x 10 mm square) active area with room-temperature operation and a small detector footprint.
X-Ray Detector Possesses 100 Percent Internal Quantum Efficiency
Optocouplers for analog signals galvanic isolation are formed on either side of the one LED and the other one photodiode. These optocouplers, however, are inherently less linear and for galvanic isolation of analog signals not very appropriate.
The reasons for use and description of the circuit with linear optocoupler IL300
Ophir-Spiricon has released their PD10-IR-pJ Photodiode Energy Sensors, which measure very low energy to 30 pJ.
Low energy laser measurement sensors
The ODD-470W is the first in a series of three new selective wavelength photodiodes being introduced by Opto Diode.
Photodiode
The photodiode array (PDA) detector for the TDAmax gel permeation chromatography (GPC/SEC) system from the company is said to provide a powerful and flexible tool for the rapid analysis of both polymers and biopolymers.
GPC/SEC system
The photodiode array detector provides noise specifications of 10 [micro]AU and data rates of up to 80 Hz.
Waters

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