From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 04/04/2014 01:09 AM, sgpopticsguru@gmail.com wrote:   
   > I am doing the architecture for a new optical design for onsumer   
   > market and I need a reasonably price Avalanche Photo-diode with   
   > relatively big size. Who would be a good vendor for this type of   
   > diodes? My signal is not very high frequency. (2MHz).   
   >   
   > I have used Hamamatsu before but I think you cannot make money by   
   > using Hamamatsu.   
   >   
   > Thx.   
   >   
      
   Have you done a careful photon budget?  It would be pretty rare to need   
   an APD for a consumer application.  If you spend less than the price of   
   one ordinary Hamamatsu photodiode, you can get a copy of my book.   
   Chapter 1 is all about photon budgets, and has lots of examples.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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