The circuit shown was found in American documentation from the 1990s. The transistor can be of any general-purpose type.
The circuit shown is from a Texas Instruments opto-electronics manual. RE depends on the peak...
In the figure we have the way to implement a 3-Input logic function OR inputs using common diodes....
This circuit, from a 1994 publication, shows how to polarize a phototransistor to receive...