ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A new optical oscilloscope has been developed on the basis of the image-converter tube camera technology. Optical or electrical pulses in single or repetitive mode can be tested. When single pulse without time dependence on the sweep circuit is tested, an optical-fiber delay unit is adopted to ensure the pulse is captured. The optical oscilloscope works at a fixed frequency while repetitive pulses of any frequency less than 20 GHz were tested. A newly designed photocathode optical oscilloscope tube, control circuits, and a linear charge-coupled device readout system have been incorporated into the optical oscilloscope. Experimental results show that the temporal resolution of the optical oscilloscope is better than 5 ps, the spectral response range is 380–850 nm, and the single pulse can be captured with the probability of 100%. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148760
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