Silicon photodiode as a detector in the rocket-borne photometry of the near infrared airglow

R. C. Schaeffer

doi:10.1364/AO.15.002902

Applied Optics
Vol. 15,
Issue 11,
pp. 2902-2905
(1976)
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Silicon photodiode as a detector in the rocket-borne photometry of the near infrared airglow

R. C. Schaeffer

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R. C. Schaeffer, "Silicon photodiode as a detector in the rocket-borne photometry of the near infrared airglow," Appl. Opt. 15, 2902-2905 (1976)

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Abstract

The application of a silicon P-I-N photodiode to the dc measurement of low levels of near ir radiation is described. It is shown that the threshold of signal detection is set by the current amplifier voltage noise, the effect of which at the output is determined by the value of source resistance of the photodiode. The photodiode was used as the detector in a compact interference filter photometer designed for rocket-borne studies of the airglow. Flight results have proved the instrument’s capability to provide measurements sufficiently precise to yield an accurate height profile of the (0–0) atmospheric band of O₂ night airglow at λ762 nm.

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Manufacturer/model	Detector area (cm²)	Noise current amplitude (A)	Implied shunt resistance (Ω)
UDT P-I-N-10DP	(1) 1.00	4 × 10⁻¹¹	6 × 10⁵
UDT P-I-N-10DP	(2) 1.00	1.5 × 10⁻¹¹	1.7 × 10⁶
UDT P-I-N-10DP	(3) 1.00	1.5 × 10⁻¹¹	1.7 × 10⁶
UDT P-I-N-10DP	(4) 1.00	4 × 10⁻¹²	6 × 10⁶
UDT P-I-N-6DP	(1) 0.203	2.5 × 10⁻¹³	10⁸
UDT P-I-N-6DP	(2) 0.203	2.5 × 10⁻¹³	10⁸
UDT P-I-N-6DP	(3) 0.203	8 × 10⁻¹³	3 × 10⁷
UDT P-I-N-6DP	(4) 0.203	8 × 10⁻¹³	3 × 10⁷
UDT P-I-N-5DP	(1) 0.051	4 × 10⁻¹³	6 × 10⁷
UDT P-I-N-5DP	(2) 0.051	7 × 10⁻¹³	4 × 10⁷
UDT P-I-N-5DP	(3) 0.051	1 × 10⁻¹³	2.5 × 10⁷
UDT P-I-N-5DP	(4) 0.051	1 × 10⁻¹³	2.5 × 10⁸
UDT P-I-N-5DP	(5) 0.051	1 × 10⁻¹³	2.5 × 10⁸
UDT P-I-N-5DP	(6) 0.051	7 × 10⁻¹³	4 × 10⁷
UDT P-I-N-040A	0.008	1.5 × 10⁻¹⁴	1.7 × 10⁹
E, G & G PV-100A	(1) 0.051	7 × 10⁻¹³	4 × 10⁷
E, G & G PV-100A	(2) 0.051	5 × 10⁻¹³	5 × 10⁷
E, G & G PV-444A	(1) 1.00	1 × 10⁻¹²	2.5 × 10⁷
E, G & G PV-444A	(2) 1.00	7 × 10⁻¹³	4 × 10⁷
RCA C30851	0.051	7 × 10⁻¹¹	4 × 10⁵
RCA C30853	0.5	4 × 10⁻¹²	6 × 10⁸
RCA C30854	1.00	1.5 × 10⁻¹¹	1.7 × 10⁶
HP 4205	(1) 0.0002	2 × 10⁻¹³	1.3 × 10⁸
HP 4205	(2) 0.0002	2 × 10⁻¹²	1.3 × 10⁷

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