Frequently Asked Questions

The advantages of a pyroelectric detector over other IR detectors are room temperature operation, broad spectral response, high sensitivity (D*) and fast response (sub-nsec into 50 Ω).

The available IR windows that can be added to the TO can are quartz (0.2-3.5 µm), barium fluoride (0.2-17.5 µm), sapphire (0.1-7.0 µm), silicon (1.2-9.0 µm and 22-100 µm), and AR germanium (1.8-23 µm with a 10.6 µm peak).

The Gentec-EO Discrete Pyroelectric Sensor QS9-L has a diameter of 9 mm.

A pyroelectric detector is a thermal detector that produces a current output proportional to the rate of change of temperature when exposed to a source of radiation.

The maximum average power of the QS9-L sensor is 50 mW.

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