Opto Diode Corp., a leading supplier of advanced performance photodetectors and high-sensitivity, visible and infrared LEDs, announces the new Near-Infrared (NIR) Red-Enhanced, 5mm'sup2; ODA-5W-100K Photodiode-Preamplifier. The new combination device offers 500Mohm gain (custom gains are also available, upon request), extremely low noise, and a large active area. The high sensitivity, NIR wavelength response at 940 nm is typically 63 V/mW (min. 55).