A novel method for analysing singly-occurring pulses with nanosecond resolution

The system is designed to record pulse-shape information of singly occurring pulses with rise-times down to 1 ns. The basic theory of the `interrogate pulse¿ sampling scheme is described and a system to implement this scheme is outlined. The proposed system employs short term analogue storage of the sampled input, followed by a fast multiplexed analogue to digital converter and digital storage. Some results from an experimental instrument using this system are given.