Measurement of the characteristics of a quadrant avalanche photodiode and its application to a laser tracking system

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-149

  Toyoda, Masahiro ^a   Araki, Kenichi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Photodiode; Signal to noise ratio; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL LINKS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LASER TRACKING SYSTEMS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0036124996     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1418222     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Design considerations and experimental results for direct-detection spatial tracking systems
2. Beam-jitter measurements of turbulent aero-optical path differences
3. Effects of atmospheric turbulence on photodetector arrays
4. Optical dividers for quadrant avalanche photodiode detectors
5. Characteristic measurement of avalanche photodiode quadrant detector for dim-light position sensing