Introduction - Stanford Research Systems SR124 Operation And Service Manual

2 Introduction

In This Chapter
This chapter provides a basic overview of the SR124 Analog Lock-In
Amplifier.
2.1 Introduction to the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 2
2.1.1 Clock stopping architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 2
2.1.2 What does the SR124 measure? . . . . . . . . . 2 - 2
2.2 Instrument overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3
2.2.1 Reference section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3
2.2.2 Signal section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 6
2.2.3 Input Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 9
2.2.4 Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 10
2.3 Navigating the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 11
2.3.1 Signal input section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 12
2.3.2 Output section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 15
2.3.3 Setup section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 16
2.3.4 Reference section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 18
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