{"id":2558,"date":"2025-09-07T21:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oec-gmbh.de\/products\/photodiodes-detectors-sensors\/ingaas-apd-geiger-mode\/iga500-apd\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:04:33","slug":"iga500-apd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oec-gmbh.de\/en\/products\/photodiodes-detectors-sensors\/ingaas-avalanche-photodioden-apds\/ingaas-apd-geiger-mode\/iga500-apd\/","title":{"rendered":"IGA500-APD"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>InGaAs avalanche photodiode<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Spectral range<br \/>\nPackage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"OEC-Produkt-Headline\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>IGA500-APD<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>800m &#8211; 1700nm<br \/>\nTO46<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Our IGA500-APD is a large-area InGaAs avalanche photodiode (1.7 \u00b5m) designed for distance measurement, free-space optical communication, eye-safe rangefinders, and detection under low-light conditions. It features a large active area with a diameter of 500 \u00b5m. The IGA500-APD offers high responsivity and very low noise in the spectral range between 800 nm and 1700 nm, with a spectral peak at 1550 nm. The IGA500-APD chip is hermetically sealed in a modified TO46 housing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oec-gmbh.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/InGaAs.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2424 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oec-gmbh.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/InGaAs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCharacteristics <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top illumination planar APD<\/li>\n<li>Operation at low voltage<\/li>\n<li>Very low dark current<\/li>\n<li>Competitive pricing<\/li>\n<li>High operating frequency range<\/li>\n<li>Large active area<\/li>\n<li>Spectral range from 800\u202fnm to 1700\u202fnm<\/li>\n<li>Short \/ competitive delivery times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distance measurement<\/li>\n<li>Eye-safe rangefinder<\/li>\n<li>OTDR<\/li>\n<li>Free-space optical communication<\/li>\n<li>Detection under low-light conditions<\/li>\n<li>Optical communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"prettylink pdf\"  href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OEC-IGA500-APD-2026-english.pdf\"><span style=\"float:right\"><\/span>IGA500-APD<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InGaAs avalanche photodiode Spectral range Package IGA500-APD 800m &#8211; 1700nm TO46 Our IGA500-APD is a large-area InGaAs avalanche photodiode (1.7 \u00b5m) designed for distance measurement, free-space optical communication, eye-safe rangefinders, and detection under low-light conditions. 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