Performance tests of a time-to-amplitude converter at high conversion rates

1 May 1980

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments

Vol. 13 (5) , 520-521
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/13/5/013

Abstract

The performance of a time-to-amplitude converter was investigated for conversion rates as high as 10⁵ Hz. Both a degradation of the time resolution and a systematic change in calibration were observed. The effects could be important in measurements with excitation sources of short pulse duration and high repetition frequency such as synchrotrons or pulsed lasers, or in positron annihilation experiments.

Keywords

AMPLITUDE CONVERTER
HIGH CONVERSION
CALIBRATION
PULSE DURATION
PULSED LASERS
TIME TO AMPLITUDE

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