Photodiodes

I am working on a project that requires me to reverse engineer a BioPhotometer and build a new one with modifications. The part where I am stuck is a photodiode that measures wavelengths between 230nm to 600nm.

I know fundamentals of photodiodes, but I was not sure if a single photodiode can measure this range of wavelengths. ?

Or are there special photodiodes (array) that have multiple photodiodes built into them which measure different wavelengths and hence combine to make a broad spectrum photodiode equivalent. ?

Hope I have made this clear.

Looks like Hamamatsu has PDs that cover 190-1000nm…

http://www.hamamatsu.com/eu/en/product/ … index.html

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=br … photodiode

dlotton:
Looks like Hamamatsu has PDs that cover 190-1000nm…

http://www.hamamatsu.com/eu/en/product/ … index.html

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=br … photodiode

Thanks for that. My own search lead me to Hamamatsu too…