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Improved Near-Infrared Detectors

Nigel Fox
- 01 Jan 1993 - 
- Vol. 30, Iss: 4, pp 321-325
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In this paper, the properties of a new large area InGaAs photodiode with near unity internal quantum efficiency are described and compared with measurements on germanium photodiodes.
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The paper describes the properties of a new large area InGaAs photodiode with near unity internal quantum efficiency. Measurements of linearity, spatial uniformity and dark current of the photodiodes are presented and compared with measurements on germanium photodiodes. The paper also describes the performance of a detector constructed from an arrangement of three of these photodiodes and shows how it has a calculable responsivity from 980 nm to 1 640 nm. It also describes how such a detector can be used as a sensor for a fibre-optic power meter with an uncertainty of around 0,1%.

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Radiometry with cryogenic radiometers and semiconductor photodiodes

Nigel Fox
- 01 Dec 1995 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed some of the advances in optical radiation measurements made over the last twenty years, particularly through the use of cryogenic radiometers and solid-state detector transfer standards.
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Spectral characterization of Ge trap detectors and photodiodes used as transfer standards

K D Stock, +2 more
- 01 Oct 2000 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the spectral responsivity of a reflection trap detector with three photodiodes was compared with that of a single InGaAs photodiode, and the temperature effect on the spectral response was measured within the temperature range 10 °C to 30 °C.
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Primary radiometric quantities and units

N P Fox
- 01 Oct 2000 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed methods used for the establishment and dissemination of primary radiometric quantities together with the performance and use of filter radiometers, which are dominating advances in optical radiation measurement.
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Characterisation of optical detectors using high-accuracy instruments

TL;DR: In this article, the authors described the facilities of the Metrology Research Institute at the Helsinki University of Technology, and methods for characterisation of optical detectors for spectral radiant intensity and irradiance responsivity, including a reference spectrometer with a number of auxiliary set-ups.
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Anomalous non-linear behaviour of InGaAs photodiodes with overfilled illumination

TL;DR: In this article, a device composed of commercial optical fiber components and based on a flux-addition method has been designed for the measurement of the linearity of near-infrared detectors over six decades with uncertainties of less than ± 0.04%.
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A Cryogenic Radiometer for Absolute Radiometric Measurements

TL;DR: In this article, a new electrical-substitution absolute radiometer operating at 5 K, based on a standard commercial helium cryostat, which has been developed at NPL for optical radiant power measurements, is described.
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Trap Detectors and their Properties

Nigel Fox
- 01 Jan 1991 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a new solid state detector which fulfils all the requirements of the ideal detector for optical radiation measurements, which is spatially uniform, linear, stable and has a predictable relative spectral response.
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Silicon detector nonlinearity and related effects.

TL;DR: An explanation is put forth for the observed nonlinearity in the red spectral region of the response of silicon photodiodes, and correlation of non linearity with spatial nonuniformity of response is demonstrated.
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Multidecade linearity measurements on Si photodiodes

TL;DR: The experiments are based on a cascaded use of the linearity tester described by Sanders, which utilizes the double-aperture method, and the results are given.
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Comparison of two cryogenic radiometers by determining the absolute spectral responsivity of silicon photodiodes with an uncertainty of 0.02

TL;DR: To substantiate the NPL primary standard cryogenic radiometer as an absolute instrument it has been compared with the cryogen radiometer which was successfully used to determine the Stefan-Boltzmann constant.