Transient response characteristics of position sensitive detector irradiated by moving light source

Hongyan Shang

doi:10.1117/12.807371

10 October 2008 Transient response characteristics of position sensitive detector irradiated by moving light source

Hongyan Shang

Proceedings Volume 7129, Seventh International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology: Optoelectronic Technology and Instruments, Control Theory and Automation, and Space Exploration; 712904 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807371
Event: Seventh International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology, 2008, Beijing, China

Abstract

A distributed RC transmission-line approximation is used to analyze the transient response characteristic of one-dimensional (1D) position sensitive detectors (PSDs). A generalized mathematical model has been developed for a moving light source illuminated on the PSD. The relative error curve has been given between the computed and true incident positions of light under different moving speeds, and the impact of different starting positions has been analyzed on the position detection error of light. It is shown that when the moving speed is less than the tenth characteristic speed, the output photocurrents can be rather linearly detected as long as the measuring time is longer than the delayed time maximum. It is also found that the distance between the original point and starting position should be as short as possible in order to obtain the correct incident position of light. The computed photocurrents have been compared with data simulated using the ANSYS software, and qualitative agreement is found.

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Hongyan Shang "Transient response characteristics of position sensitive detector irradiated by moving light source", Proc. SPIE 7129, Seventh International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology: Optoelectronic Technology and Instruments, Control Theory and Automation, and Space Exploration, 712904 (10 October 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807371

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