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Photodiode Detector#
This example demonstrates the initialization and visualization of a Photodiode detector using PyMieSim.

from PyMieSim.units import ureg
from PyMieSim.single.scatterer import Sphere
from PyMieSim.single.source import Gaussian
from PyMieSim.polarization import PolarizationState
from PyMieSim.single.detector import Photodiode
from PyMieSim.single import Setup
polarization_state = PolarizationState(
angle=0 * ureg.degree,
)
source = Gaussian(
wavelength=1550 * ureg.nanometer,
polarization=polarization_state,
optical_power=1 * ureg.watt,
numerical_aperture=0.3,
)
scatterer = Sphere(
diameter=1800 * ureg.nanometer,
medium=1.0,
material=1.5,
)
detector = Photodiode(
numerical_aperture=0.2,
gamma_offset=0 * ureg.degree,
phi_offset=30 * ureg.degree,
polarization_filter=0 * ureg.degree,
medium=3,
)
setup = Setup(scatterer=scatterer, source=source, detector=detector)
setup.plot_system()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.184 seconds)