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Buying Photodiode Arrays

Top-level product category: icon detectors and measurements

More general product categories: photodetectors

Related product categories: photodiodes, line scan cameras

Photodiode arrays are often linear arrays containing multiple photodiodes. One-dimensional arrays are used for spectrographs and position sensors, while two-dimensional arrays are used for imaging applications.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

encyclopedia article photodiode arrays

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying photodiode arrays. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for photodiode arrays. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

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Decision

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Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Suppliers for Photodiode Arrays

8 suppliers for photodiode arrays are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 2 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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Hamamatsu Photonics Europe
Arzbergerstr. 10
82211 Herrsching
Germany
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photodiode arrays

The Hamamatsu Photonics silicon photodiode array is a sensor with multiple Si photodiodes arranged in a single package. It can be used in a wide range of applications such as light position detection, imaging, and spectrophotometry.

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Enabling the SPAD revolution

Pi Imaging Technology SA
Bâtiment C, EPFL Innovation Park
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
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photodiode arrays

SPAD 23 is a photon-counting array with 23 hexagonally packed single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) with best-in-class performance. The system software enables photon counting and time tagging and can be accessed through TCP/IP for easy integration into LabVIEW, MATLAB or Python. See our data sheet.

SPAD 512 is a camera integrating a 512×512 SPAD image sensor. Up to 100,000 fps in 1-bit mode enable high-speed imaging (photon-counting). Fine time gating enables the study of time-varying samples. See our data sheet.

SPAD Lambda is a linear detector with a 320×1 SPAD array. It features single-photon detectors (SPADs) enabling both photon-counting and photon-time tagging. This arrangement is ideal for spectral detection applications. Thanks to microlenses and state-of-the-art production facilities, this detector offers high detection efficiency. The detector is capable of both time gating and time stamping for the ultimate control over time-varying signals of interest. See our data sheet.

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Other Suppliers

Collins Aerospace
United States
GPD Optoelectronics
United States
Laser Components GmbH
Germany
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Opto Diode Corporation
United States
OSI Optoelectronics
United States
Sensors Unlimited Inc.
United States

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