photodiode
noun
pho·to·di·ode
ˌfō-tō-ˈdī-ˌōd 
: a photoelectric semiconductor device for detecting and often measuring radiant energy (such as light)
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Canon’s team reported that their system is also much faster at capturing the electrons transferred from the photodiodes, capturing as many as 121,000 electrons with the same lag as previous photodiodes, which is more than double the capacity of comparable earlier systems.
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IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2024
The first attempt was only moderately successful because the resulting photodiode didn't perform as well as expected in the SWIR range.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
There’s also a residue UV picked up by the top layer photodiode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
Moreover, advances in lidar for autonomous vehicles have led to more efficient photodiodes for converting light to electricity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
To break it down even further, infrared LEDs and photodiodes sensors team up to figure out your heart rate by shining light into your skin and measuring how much bounces back.
—Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
Underneath the skin of each finger is a flexible reflective membrane, and under that membrane is an array of LEDs along with an array of photodiodes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2023
That photodiode was then connected to an analog-to-digital converter and a standard PC, which translated the sensor’s voltage output to data that represents the real-time fluctuations of the light reflecting from whatever object the telescope points at.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
Eventually meters equipped with photodiodes and optical sensors were devised to read the strips more precisely.
—Boris Kovatchev, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2021
IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2024
The first attempt was only moderately successful because the resulting photodiode didn't perform as well as expected in the SWIR range.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
There’s also a residue UV picked up by the top layer photodiode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
Moreover, advances in lidar for autonomous vehicles have led to more efficient photodiodes for converting light to electricity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
To break it down even further, infrared LEDs and photodiodes sensors team up to figure out your heart rate by shining light into your skin and measuring how much bounces back.
—Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
Underneath the skin of each finger is a flexible reflective membrane, and under that membrane is an array of LEDs along with an array of photodiodes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2023
That photodiode was then connected to an analog-to-digital converter and a standard PC, which translated the sensor’s voltage output to data that represents the real-time fluctuations of the light reflecting from whatever object the telescope points at.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
Eventually meters equipped with photodiodes and optical sensors were devised to read the strips more precisely.
—Boris Kovatchev, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2021
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photodiode
noun
pho·to·di·ode
-ˈdī-ˌōd
: a photoelectric semiconductor device for detecting and often measuring radiant energy (such as light)
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