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NEP – Noise Equivalent Power

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NEP – Noise Equivalent Power

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  • Author: Verena Mackowiak (GmbH), Jens Peupelmann (GmbH), Yi Ma (USA), and Anthony Gorges (USA)
Photodetector sensitivity is a convenient, even necessary, metric by which the performance of a particular photodetector can be quantified and compared with other detectors. However, it can be difficult to define and verify. The Noise Equivalent Power (NEP) is the common metric that quantifies a photodetector’s sensitivity or the power generated by a noise source.

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