TR-9600-2 Datalogger Optometer

The TR-9600-2 optometer is designed for pulse shape analysis of frequency modulated and single pulse flashing light sources. The measurement data generated by the TR-9600-2 includes:

• peak power in absolute light measurement units
• pulse width and pulse half width
• pulse shape
• single pulse energy
• pulse repetition rate

The TR-9600-2 analog signal amplifier offers a rise time of 100ns. This current to voltage amplifier’s gain is selected in four steps for best adjustable signal to noise ratio. A high speed analog to digital converter (ADC) digitizes the analog signal with up to a 10Msample/s sample rate for high time resolution measurements. Its 12Bit resolution is higher than that 8Bit of typical digital oscilloscopes. The digital data is stored in a high-speed storage medium is designed as transient recorder allowing a sampling rate of up to 10 Mega samples per second or one sample every 100ns. The pre-trigger function of the transient recorder enables measurement data to be stored before the triggered event. Two million of samples can be stored in memory. The unit is capable of remote control operation via RS232 and IEEE488 interface. BNC connectors are available for trigger signal input and output or for use with external devices with TTL signal capability. Because of the wide bandwidth of the device its noise level is higher than the typical Gigahertz-Optik optometers which limits the dynamic range of the instrument. So the detector for use with TR-9600-2 must be selected according to the signal intensity to be measured. Also the detector capacitance must be considered to avoid miss forming of the pulse shape. Windows based software is supplied with the TR-9600 which provides all necessary functions to do remote control pulse-shape measurements and analysis via RS232 or IEEE488 interface.