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Try just the photodiode and a resistor. Signal average on the scope if you need to.
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Try just the photodiode and a resistor. Signal average on the scope if you need to.
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Whee... after turning off the room lights, the 'laying on of fingers' did nothing for the slow tail. It did slow down the fast response.
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I've used a few different configurations... all give the same result. Coax from the signal generator, daisy chains to the 'scope and on to the the LED. There I had 50 ohms to ground and in parallel 500 ohms feeding the LED to ground. Originally there was a few inches of wire between the 500 ohm resistor and the LED, but I later tightened it up and put everything right at the LED. I later just feed the LED through a 50 ohm resistor.
The PD circuit is standard TIA
I'm going to write to OSI (the PD maker.) I wanted to be sure I wasn't doing something stupid beofre contacting them...
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Hey this might be some 'real' physics and not just a circuit screw- up.
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10k ohm with a buffer looking at the top of the 10k.Here's the fast response... slower than without the TIA.
And here's the slow time.... The long tail remains!
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Thanks John, I've got lotsa laser diodes. VCSELs sound expensive. Who sells them?
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Do you have any kind of a chopper or shutter that you could use to isolate the time constant(s) of the PD frome those of the LED/ laser?
This thread really has been off the charts in the unwillingness of posters to trim out unnecessary cruft when they reply!
Nah, that's situation normal on a sci.electronics.design. Even the flame wars are like that. :(
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Phil Hobbs
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Well, it does look like the photodiode, which suggests that the aforementioned diffusion tail mechanism is doing it. I'm surprised that jacking up the bias didn't fix it. It isn't usually as bad as that.
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Phil Hobbs
-- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 email: hobbs (atsign) electrooptical (period) net http://electrooptical.net
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They're quite affordable, comparable to laser diodes really depending on type of course.
I bought some from Roithner (European company, they have a huge range of laser diodes and leds). Looks like cheapest is $9.25 for PM85-D1POU (2mW 850nm with dome lens, 2 degree beam).
Just remembered there are also "resonant cavity" leds, similar pricing, these are also designed for fast modulation (3ns rise/fall times on the one I am looking at now). Don't know really what their noise is like but being "leds" I would guess they are better than laser diodes.
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Nice. Any hassles with end-use certificates or do they just ship whatever you order asap?
Get some scroll bars. They're not expensive.
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It would be interesting to see how fast an edge you could create with a mechanical chopper. Nanoseconds would be tough.
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Next time I want to ask both groups the same question, I'll start separate threads.
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Yeah, but I'm still confused. I tried it with an adjustable bais (from 0-12V) late today. There was the expected change in the short time response. But none in the long tail. I had a nice chat with someone at OSI. (sent pic's and schematics to them.). I'll have to try a different PD.
George H.
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