Title :
Review of Sub-Nanosecond Time-Interval Measurements
Author_Institution :
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
Abstract :
A review of time-interval measurements in the sub-nanosecond regime is presented and the various methods are compared as to their precision, stability, resolution, and other essential parameters. Calibration methods, stabilization, and correction for time walk are also discussed.
Keywords :
Calibration; Counting circuits; Detectors; Electric variables measurement; Oscillators; Particle measurements; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Stability; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1973.4327349