Lock-in Amplifier

Quantum optics engineers using reconfigurable instrumentation in a laser lab
Free-space optical communications with FPGA-based instrumentation: Q&A recap

Get expert tips on generating digital patterns, implementing phase-locked loops, and performing quantum key distribution with reconfigurable instrumentation

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Lock-in Amplifier, Laser Lock Box, Time & Frequency Analyzer, PID Controller, Phasemeter, Logic Analyzer / Pattern Generator, Oscilloscope, Waveform Generator, Multi-instrument Mode

Date: October 4, 2024

Moku:Lab on an optical table
Optimizing bidirectionally mode-locked fiber lasers with Moku:Lab

Learn how CU Boulder researchers are advancing LiDAR and remote sensing applications with a single-cavity, dual-comb laser source

Featuring: Moku:Lab, Lock-in Amplifier, Waveform Generator, PID Controller

Date: October 3, 2024

An engineer using FPGA-based instrumentation from Liquid Instruments to accelerate free-space optical communications
Exploring free-space optical communications techniques

Learn how FSO signals are generated, modulated, and detected using optical carriers, and why FPGA-based instrumentation improves this process

Featuring: Lock-in Amplifier, Time & Frequency Analyzer, Laser Lock Box, Waveform Generator, Multi-instrument Mode

Date: September 24, 2024

Automating experiments with the power of MATLAB and reconfigurable instrumentation
Automating experiments with MATLAB: Q&A recap

Learn how to get data from variables in real time, how to connect to Moku through MATLAB, and how to perform math functions using the FPGA

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Lock-in Amplifier, Oscilloscope, MATLAB, Moku Cloud Compile

Date: September 17, 2024

Amplitude spectral density under different input ranges
Understanding noise floor and bandwidth in precision instruments

Analyze quantization noise and noise bandwidth with the Moku Lock-in Amplifier and Oscilloscope

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Oscilloscope, Lock-in Amplifier

Oscillator characterization using Allan deviation with the Moku Phasemeter
Characterization of clocks and oscillators: Q&A recap

Learn tips for measuring low SNR signals, why cross-correlation can improve phase noise measurement, and how deadtime affects oscillator measurements.

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Phasemeter, Time & Frequency Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Lock-in Amplifier

Date: August 22, 2024

Figure 3: MEMS and Moku:Pro workflow: The Lock-in Amplifier in Slot 2 detects the Feedback signal amplitude A, which is then routed to a PID Controller in Slot 3 to produce the control signal. Subsequently, this control signal is mixed with the phase-locked unit amplitude signal in the Lock-in Amplifier in Slot 4. This process controls the Drive signal’s amplitude to stabilize the amplitude of the resonating mass in the MEMS device. Additionally, Slot 1 hosts an extra Lock-in Amplifier tasked with monitoring the response of the Sensing signal.
MEMS resonance tracking and amplitude stabilization with Moku:Pro

Learn how researchers at Southeast University in China are streamlining MEMS control and test processes

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Lock-in Amplifier, PID Controller

Date: July 5, 2024

instrument setup for phase-locked loop on Moku:pro
Phase control in optical applications with digital phase-locked loops: implementation instructions and Q&A recap

Learn how to implement a phase-locked loop, improve loop feedback with PID control, deploy custom FPGA code, and more

Featuring: Phasemeter, Laser Lock Box, Lock-in Amplifier, Oscilloscope, Waveform Generator, PID Controller

Date: February 26, 2024

Stuttgart nuclear magnetic resonance experiment setup
Developing novel nuclear magnetic resonance medical imaging techniques

Proving the viability of VCO-based NMR for new advancements in medical imaging at the University of Stuttgart, Germany

Featuring: Moku:Pro, Lock-in Amplifier, Moku Cloud Compile, Waveform Generator, PID Controller

Date: February 27, 2024