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Explain the basic principle of operation of photo detector. Explain the work of PIN diode and APD as photo detector, also compare their performance.
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Mumbai University > Electronics and telecommunication > Sem 7 > optical communication and networks

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written 8.7 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

The photo-diode is in fact a p-n junction put to the exact opposite use as the LED

$\Rightarrow$ The variation in current is a function of the incident light

$\Rightarrow$ Use of the stimulated absorption of light by the semiconductor material for the generation of electron-hole pairs.

$\Rightarrow$ The energy …

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