THE MEASUREMENT OF THE FREQUENCY-RESPONSE OF A PHOTODIODE AND AMPLIFIER USING AN OPTOMECHANICAL FREQUENCY-RESPONSE CALIBRATOR

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作者
ROBINSON, SP [1 ]
BACON, DR [1 ]
MOSS, BC [1 ]
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[1] AEA TECHNOL HARWELL, SURFACE OPT SECT, HARWELL OX11 0RA, OXON, ENGLAND
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10.1088/0957-0233/1/11/010
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
A description is given of the measurement of the frequency response of two avalanche photodiodes and their associated amplifier over the frequency range 1 kHz and 25 MHz by an opto-mechanical frequency response calibrator. The photodiodes are part of a laser interferometer which is used in the calibration of ultrasonic hydrophones. The accuracy of the calibrator has been estimated to be better than 3% for measurements made at frequencies below 20 MHz.
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