How to Use photodetector in a Sentence

photodetector

noun

• If those two light beams are shone together on a photodetector, the result depends on whether the pulses overlap in time.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2018
• After the split light repeatedly bounces back and forth within each arm, the two beams then pass back through the beam splitter into a photodetector.
  — Caitlyn Buongiorno, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2020
• The photon that bounced off the object can then be registered using a photodetector.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2018
• First, a photodetector measures the voltage from the lasers, Chatziioannou says.
  — Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
• So 14.6kg of cesium iodide was set up in the basement beneath the mercury tank and flanked by photodetectors to pick up the light emitted by the interactions.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2017
• In one path, the mode is directly detected by a photodetector.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2018
• Nearby is a second chip with 64 tiny photodetectors on it, each focused on detecting light reflected back from one of the 64 lasers.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2018
• Inside the container is a pulsing light source (LED, laser diode, or similar small device) that transmits through the fiber and hits a detector at the end of the fiber called a photodetector.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2022
• The (potential) photons are mixed on a partially reflective mirror and sent to a pair of photodetectors.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 22 June 2017
• Better still, the same material can act as a photodetector, providing a way of building all the needed hardware using a single process.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2017
• If the molecules of choice filter in and meet the bacteria, the bacterial cells produce light that is picked up by photodetectors embedded in a small electrical chip.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 24 May 2018
• The microcontroller commands the light source and acts as a monitor, checking for any interruptions in light reaching the photodetector.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2022
• Beneath each well is a tiny electronic photodetector that can register light from the bacteria.
  — Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
• Super-Kamiokande is a massive tank of ultra-pure water surrounded by photodetectors.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2020
• And IceCube is proposing to expand the volume of ice strung with photodetectors, increasing its sensitivity to the rare cases where neutrinos bump into the Antarctic ice.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 July 2018
• If the bacteria start glowing, the photodetectors that sit just below the bacteria’s compartment are activated.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 May 2018
• Each photodetector independently measures changes in light, and an algorithm stitches together the three readings in order to gauge speed and motion direction.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2015
• The device would use photodetector sensors would support the transmissive examination of blood oxygen levels.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 July 2021
• The Fitbit atrial fibrillation software is an algorithm based on photoplethysmography, which uses a light source and a photodetector on your skin's surface to measure changes in your blood circulation and volume.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 14 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024