We have performed an optoelectronic measurement of the impulse response of an ultrafast sampling oscilloscope with a nominal bandwidth of 100 GHz within a time window of approximately 100 ps. Our experimental technique also considers frequency components above the cutoff frequency of higher-order modes of the 1.0 mm coaxial line, which is shown to be important for the specification of the impulse response of ultrafast sampling oscilloscopes. Additionally, we have measured the reflection coefficient of the sampling head induced by the mismatch of the sampling circuit and the coaxial connector which is larger than 0.5 for certain frequencies. The uncertainty analysis has been done using the Monte Carlo method of Supplement 1 to the 'Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement' and correlations in the estimated impulse response have been determined. Our measurements extend previous work which deals with the characterization of 70 GHz oscilloscopes and the measurement of 100 GHz oscilloscopes up to the cutoff frequency of higher-order modes.

We perform high-precision frequency measurements in the THz frequency range using an unstabilized femtosecond laser. A simple and flexible algorithm is used to correct the beating signal resulting from the THz source and one comb line of the rectified optical comb for fluctuations of the laser repetition rate. Using this technique, we demonstrate an accuracy of our measurement device as high as (9 ± 3) · 10−14 for the measurement of a 100 GHz source. This is two orders of magnitude better than previous precision measurements in this frequency range employing femtosecond lasers.

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