The 10 MHz Balanced Photoreceivers are effective in reducing common-mode noise so that you can see your small signal. With adjustable gain and bandwidth settings, these photoreceivers are extremely flexible and are ideal for coherent heterodyne-detection applications including doppler LIDAR and optical coherence tomography.
Reduces common-mode noise by 25 dB
Better noise performance than higher-bandwidth versions
The -FS models feature a free space optical input but otherwise have the same specifications as their corresponding -FC fiber-optic receiver model.
-M metric versions have an M4 thread for mounting.
Features
Reduces Common-Mode Noise by 25 dB
Balanced photoreceivers work by subtracting the photocurrent from two well-matched photodetectors. Common-mode noise that is present on both the reference and signal beams (such as laser intensity noise) is cancelled out and doesn’t appear as part of the signal. Any imbalance between the photocurrents generated by the reference and signal photodetectors, whether intentional or unintentional, is amplified and is seen as the signal. This reduces common-mode noise by up to 25 dB so that you can see your signal.
Silicon or InGaAs Photodiodes
Model 2107 features 0.9 mm diameter Silicon Photodiodes covering 300-1070 nm. Model 2117 features 0.3 mm diameter InGaAs Photodiodes covering 900-1700 nm.
Adjustable Gain Settings
The 10 MHz three-stage transimpedance amplifier of the 2107 and 2117 Balanced Detectors includes selectable gain and selectable low- and high-pass filters for easy signal optimization. Variable gain in 5 dB steps, ranging from gain of 1 to 3 x 104 settings, allows you to keep your signal from going off scale while you’re adjusting your experiment or measurement.
Control over Pass Bandwidths
The 2107 and 2117 Balanced Detectors are equipped with a 6 dB Low Frequency Corner Adjust knob and a High Frequency Corner Adjust knob. The Low Frequency Corner Adjust knob allows high pass filtering above the cutoff frequency. In conjunction with the High Frequency Corner Adjust knob, which acts as a low pass filter at the high frequency regime, the pair effectively forms an adjustable band pass filter. It is easy to eliminate residual 60-Hz noise and to dampen high frequency noises. The DC÷30 setting prevents your signal from going off-scale due to DC amplitude fluctuations, without attenuating fast signals.
Ideal for Balanced Photodetection
Newport's balanced optical receivers are ideal for optical detection applications that require sensitive measurements and increased signal-to-noise. Balanced photodetection is a method that can very effectively cancel common mode noise and detect small signal fluctuations on a large DC signal. Detection methods in the time domain (such as femtosecond ultrasonics and frequency modulation spectroscopy) and frequency domain (like absorption spectroscopy), and coherent heterodyne detection (such as optical coherence tomography) can be substantially improved by using Newport balanced photoreceivers and can allow detection of signals not otherwise possible with other means. For more information, please see our application note A Survey of Methods Using Balanced Photodetection.
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