What does photodiode bandwidth tell you in practice?

komalpahwa65 · Jan 13, 2011

What does the bandwiidth of a photodiode signify? I just know that it is related to speed of photodiode, but while dealing with PD practically in lab. , what does its bandwidth tell me ?

ZapperZ · Jan 13, 2011

As always, the CONTEXT of the word is significant here. Without knowing such a thing, one would say that the bandwidth here corresponds to the range of EM frequency that the photodiode has a "reasonable response" to.

Next time, be more verbose in your question.

Zz.

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