photodiode

noun

pho·​to·​di·​ode ˌfō-tō-ˈdī-ˌōd How to pronounce photodiode (audio)
: a photoelectric semiconductor device for detecting and often measuring radiant energy (such as light)

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This is due mainly to the fact that no room has to be left for the focusing of light or for the lenses themselves, meaning that the light source, sample and photodiode can be as close to one another as possible, producing a much stronger signal. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2024 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. 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

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1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of photodiode was in 1945

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“Photodiode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photodiode. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.

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photodiode

noun
pho·​to·​di·​ode -ˈdī-ˌōd How to pronounce photodiode (audio)
: a photoelectric semiconductor device for detecting and often measuring radiant energy (such as light)

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