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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Nobuaki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobukazu Banjo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Endou, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Shinagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tadao Nagatsuma, Tokyo, JP;
Junzo Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Ando Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electro-optic sampling oscilloscope facilitates adjustment of signal-to-noise ratio caused by electrical, optical and temperature factors. The instrument includes: a light generation section for generation a reference laser beam; a crystal, exhibiting an electro-optic response behavior so as to receive the reference laser beam and to result in changing a refractive index in accordance with electrical field strength generated by target signal; a reflection mirror formed on a rear surface of the crystal for reflecting the reference laser beam that has passed through the crystal; an optical circuit for separating the reference laser beam reflected from the reflection mirror into a first signal light and a second signal light; a first photo-electric conversion section for converting the first signal light into first electrical signals; a second photo-electric conversion section for converting the second signal light into second electrical signals; a differential amplification section for differentially amplifying the first electrical signals and the second electrical signals, and for outputting differentially amplified signals as detection signals of the target signal; and a gain adjustment section for varying gains to adjust a signal-to-noise ratio while the reference laser beam is not being radiated into the crystal, so as to match strength levels of the first electrical signals and the second electrical signals in association with feedback signals of the target signal.