Characterization of Electro-Optical Devices with Low Jitter Single Photon Detectors -- Towards an Optical Sampling Oscilloscope Beyond 100 GHz
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Fedder, Helmut; Oesterwind, Steffen; Wick, Markus; Shavrin, Igor; Schlagmüller, Michael; Olbrich, Fabian; Michler, Peter; Veigel, Thomas; Berroth, Manfred; Walter, Nicolai; Hartmann, Wladick; Pernice, Wolfram; Kovalyuk, Vadim
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- Subject
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
- Language
We showcase an optical random sampling scope that exploits single photon counting and apply it to characterize optical transceivers. We study single photon detectors with a jitter down to 40 ps. The method can be extended beyond 100 GHz.
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