Definition of "photodiode" []

• A semiconductor two-terminal component whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "The researchers have already fabricated, tested and measured a simple solar cell (called a photodiode, just so you know) that was formed from an individual carbon nanotube."
• "DVDs and CDs by bouncing finely focused beams off surfaces and using a "photodiode" sensor to read variations in reflected light as a code."
• "The clump would be deposited onto a photodiode using an inert gas."