Accession Number:

ADP007645

Title:

Electro-Optic Sampling for the Measurement of the Response of Fast Oscilloscopes,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL PHYSICAL LAB TEDDINGTON (UNITED KINGDOM)

Personal Author(s):

• Henderson, D.
• Roddle, A. G.
• Smith, A. J. A.

Report Date:

1992-05-22

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

A technique for measuring the impulse response and risetime of fast sampling oscilloscopes using picosecond electro-optic sampling is described. The results are compared with those obtained using a kick-out method and with measuring the spectral response in the frequency domain.

Descriptors:

• *OSCILLOSCOPES
• *ELECTROOPTICS
• FREQUENCY
• FREQUENCY DOMAIN
• OPTICS
• RESPONSE
• SAMPLING
• LIGHT PULSES
• OPTICAL DETECTION
• PHOTODIODES
• LASERS
• SYMPOSIA

Subject Categories:

• Electrooptical and Optoelectronic Devices
• Optical Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE