| Channels (vertical) |
| Channels |
2 (simultaneous acquisition) |
Bandwidth
Full
Narrow |
DC to 12 GHz
DC to 8 GHz |
Rise time (calculated)
Full bandwidth
Narrow bandwidth |
10% to 90%, tR = 0.35/BW
29.2 ps
43.7 ps |
| Input connectors |
SMA (F) |
| ADC resolution |
16 bits |
| Scale factors (sensitivity) |
2 mV/div to 500 mV/div.
1-2-5 sequence and 0.5% fine increments |
| Nominal input impedance |
(50 ±1) Ω |
| Optical–electrical (O/E) converter (PicoScope 9221A and 9231A) |
| Unfiltered bandwidth |
DC to 8 GHz typical.
DC to 7 GHz guaranteed at full electrical bandwidth |
| Effective wavelength range |
750 nm to 1650 nm |
| Calibrated wavelengths |
850 nm (MM), 1310 nm (MM/SM), 1550 nm (SM) |
| Transition time |
10% to 90% calculated from tR = 0.48 / BW: 60 ps max. |
| RMS noise, maximum |
4 µW (1310 and 1550 nm), 6 µW (850 nm) |
| Scale factors (sensitivity) |
1 µV/div to 400 µV/div (full scale is 8 divisions) |
| DC accuracy, typical |
±25 µW ±10% of vertical scale |
| Maximum input peak power |
+7 dBm (1310 nm) |
| Fiber input |
Single-mode (SM) or multi-mode (MM) |
| Fiber input connector |
FC/PC |
Input return loss
SM
MM |
−24 dB, typical
−16 dB, typical; −14 dB, maximum |
| Timebase (horizontal) |
| Digitising rate |
DC to 200 kHz maximum |
| Timebases |
10 ps/div to 50 ms/div (main, intensified, two delayed, or dual delayed) |
| Time interval resolution |
200 fs minimum |
| Data record length |
32 to 4096 points maximum per channel in x2 sequence |
Delta time interval accuracy
For horizontal scale > 450 ps/div
For horizontal scale = 450 ps/div |
±0.2% of Delta Time Interval ±15 ps at a temperature within ±3 °C of horizontal calibration temperature.
±15 ps or ±5% of Delta Time Interval ±5 ps, whichever is smaller at a temperature within ±3 °C of horizontal calibration temperature. |
| Acquisition modes |
Sample (normal), average, envelope |
| Dynamic performance (typical) |
RMS noise, maximum
Full bandwidth
Narrow bandwidth
With averaging |
2 mV
1.5 mV
100 µV system limit |
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