The laser-based vector network analyzer project at PTB
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Struszewski, Paul; Bieler, Mark
- Source
- 2017 XXXIInd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS) General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS), 2017 XXXIInd. :1-4 Aug, 2017
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
- Language
We describe recent developments towards a laser-based vector network analyzer, where a femtosecond laser is used for the generation and detection of ultrashort voltage pulses on a coplanar waveguide. We show that the device allows us to obtain scattering parameters over a broad frequency range and facilitates the development of an ultrashort voltage pulse standard whose shape is exactly known.