A barristor-based photodetector is disclosed. The photodetector according to an embodiment comprises: a substrate; a gate electrode which is laminated on the substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode which are laminated on the substrate and spaced apart from the gate electrode; a graphene layer which is formed between the substrate and the second electrode and extends toward the first electrode; and a gate insulating layer which is formed between the gate electrode and the graphene layer.

An optical difference detector includes a first APD and a second APD, a first voltage application unit that applies a first bias voltage to the first APD and a second voltage application unit that applies a second bias voltage to the second APD, a differential amplifier that is connected in parallel to the first APD and the second APD and amplifies a difference between a first signal current output from the first APD and a second signal current output from the second APD, and a feedback control unit that controls the second bias voltage so that a low frequency component of a first monitoring current in the first APD and a low frequency component of a second monitoring current in the second APD are equal.

A photoelectric detection circuit and a photoelectric detector are provided. The photoelectric detection circuit includes a first photoelectric sensing element and a second photoelectric sensing element, and an electrical characteristic of the first photoelectric sensing element is substantially identical to an electrical characteristic of the second photoelectric sensing element; the first photoelectric sensing element outputs a first sensed electrical signal, and the second photoelectric sensing element outputs a second sensed electrical signal; a polarity of the first sensed electrical signal is opposite to a polarity of the second sensed electrical signal, and an amplitude value of the first sensed electrical signal is substantially identical to an amplitude value of the second sensed electrical signal.

An information handling system manages operation of an infrared time of flight sensor to provide accurate and timely user presence and absence detection through adjustments of the time of flight sensor detection sensitivity based upon ambient light brightness and color temperature sensed by an ambient light sensor. An integrated sensor hub in a central processing unit disables infrared illumination by the time of flight sensor, senses ambient light conditions with the ambient light sensor, looks up sensitivity settings from a lookup table that associates infrared time of flight sensor sensitivity and ambient light conditions, applies the associated sensitivity at the infrared time of flight sensor and then re-enables infrared illumination to detect end user presence and absence with the infrared time of flight sensor.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for a photonic apparatus with a photodetector with bias control to provide substantially constant responsivity. The apparatus includes a first photodetector, to receive an optical input and provide a corresponding electrical output; a second photodetector coupled with the first photodetector, wherein the second photodetector is free from receipt of the optical input; and circuitry coupled with the first and second photodetectors, to generate a bias voltage, based at least in part on a dark current generated by the second photodetector in an absence of the optical input, and provide the generated bias voltage to the first photodetector. The first photodetector is to provide a substantially constant ratio of the electrical output to optical input in response to the provision of the generated bias voltage. Additional embodiments may be described and claimed.

The present disclosure provides a pixel collection circuit and an optical flow sensor including the pixel collection circuit. The pixel collection circuit at least includes a light intensity detector, a first state storage module, a second state storage module, a light intensity signal collection and storage module, and a time information storage module.

The present disclosure provides a pixel collection circuit and an optical flow sensor including the pixel collection circuit. The pixel collection circuit at least includes a light intensity detector, a first state storage module, a second state storage module, a light intensity signal collection and storage module, and a time information storage module.

An optical detection circuit includes: a first optical detection element having a first anode and a first cathode, the first optical detection element being configured to generate voltage between the first anode and the first cathode due to photoelectromotive force generated in accordance with incident-light quantity; and a first operational amplifier having a first non-inverting input terminal, a first inverting input terminal, and a first output terminal, in which the first non-inverting input terminal is connected to fixed potential, one of the first anode and the first cathode is connected to the first inverting input terminal, and the other of the first anode and the first cathode is connected to the first output terminal.

A single shot autocorrelator for measuring duration of an ultrashort laser pulse in the far field, having a beam splitter to form two beams from an input ultrashort pulse: the reflected beam is firstly reflected by two mirrors mounted on a translation stage for adjusting time delay and subsequently a third mirror, and after focused by a spherical convex lens, enters a naturally grown strontium barium niobate crystal along the crystal z axis; the transmitted beam is firstly focused by a spherical convex lens, and after reflected by two mirrors, enters the crystal along the crystal z axis from opposite direction. The crystal is in the common focal regions of two spherical convex lenses and generates the transverse second harmonic pulse beam that is the autocorrelation signal to be recorded, which is imaged with an optical microscope onto a charge coupled device camera mounted perpendicular to the beams.

A single shot autocorrelator for measuring duration of an ultrashort laser pulse in the far field, having a beam splitter to form two beams from an input ultrashort pulse: the reflected beam is firstly reflected by two mirrors mounted on a translation stage for adjusting time delay and subsequently a third mirror, and after focused by a spherical convex lens, enters a naturally grown strontium barium niobate crystal along the crystal z axis; the transmitted beam is firstly focused by a spherical convex lens, and after reflected by two mirrors, enters the crystal along the crystal z axis from opposite direction. The crystal is in the common focal regions of two spherical convex lenses and generates the transverse second harmonic pulse beam that is the autocorrelation signal to be recorded, which is imaged with an optical microscope onto a charge coupled device camera mounted perpendicular to the beams.