Electronics Letters · 1993 · 15 citations · 1 references
EngineeringOptical TestingOptical MetrologyOptical CharacterizationOptical PropertiesOptical DiagnosticsOptical SystemsInstrumentationPhotonicsElectrical EngineeringOphthalmologySensitivity ImprovementElectro-optic Probing MethodOptical MeasurementPhotoelectric MeasurementGhz MeasurementMicrowave PhotonicsOptical SensorsElectro-optics DeviceOptoelectronicsApplied PhysicsReal-time Electro-optic ProbingOptical System Analysis
An electro-optic probing method which uses a continuous-light semiconductor-laser beam and a fast photodetector is proposed. In addition, a sensitivity improvement achievable with the presence of the Fabry-Perot effect is indicated. A sensitivity of –36dBm for a 15 GHz measurement on a test sample is reported.
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