Title :
High-speed optoelectronic pulse generation and sampling system
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
9/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A very-high-frequency (>100-GHz) optoelectronic pulsing and sampling system is presented. This system is used for the characterization of high-speed electronic devices and transmission line structures, and for the study of electronic transport phenomena at picosecond time scales. The signal-to-noise ratio obtained in this system is greater than 50 dB, the sensitivity limit is approximately 1 μV/Hz1/2, and the temporal resolution can be less than 1 ps, thereby permitting studies of very fast low-level signals
Keywords :
computerised instrumentation; electronic equipment testing; laser beam applications; optoelectronic devices; pulse generators; 1 ps; 100 GHz; computerised instrumentation; electronic transport; high-speed electronic devices; optoelectronic pulse generation; picosecond time scales; sampling; transmission line structures; Coplanar waveguides; Measurement techniques; Optical pulses; Pulse circuits; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Sampling methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Substrates; Transmission line measurements;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
