Position-sensitive detectors (PSD) provide four current outputs that are pr
oportional to the two-dimensional center of mass of a light spot impinging
on the face of the detector. This characteristic permits the PSD to be used
for sensing the position of a light source. The application motivating the
work reported here involved the tracking of a light source located on a su
rface with approximate dimensions 122 cm wide by 91 cm high located approxi
mately 2 m from the detector. The diameter of the light source was a few mi
llimeters. The work described here demonstrates the feasibility of using a
PSD to track the position of a light source with accuracy better than 1 mm
from this distance.