Characterization of Electro-Optical Devices with Low Jitter Single Photon Detectors – Towards an Optical Sampling Oscilloscope Beyond 100 GHz
Helmut Fedder, Steffen Oesterwind, Markus Wick, Fabian Olbrich, Peter Michler, Thomas Veigel, Manfred Berroth, Michael Schlagmüller · 2018
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.