Robert Wolcott said:
I am looking for a silicon photodiode that will work as part of a relative
power meter for a yag laser (IR 1064nm). Does anyone have specific
component suggestions? If it would help I could scan a schematic of the
circuit that the diode plugs into.
Yes, the schematic probably would help.
How much power or energy? What is the beam size?
If you're doing more than 50 mW or so (peak or average), either a filter
will be needed reduce the beam intensity, or a phodotiode isn't what
you want.
Assuming this is going into an existing laser, that will have been done
already.
For low relative power under fixed conditions, almost any photodiode will
work as long as its active area is large enough.
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