== Custom Multi-Channel Real-Time Field Probing Systems ==
[[Image:NEOWEB46.png|thumb|360px|A second-generation, real-time, 3-channel NeoScan system developed by EMAG's Opteos Division.]]
[[NeoScan]] systmes can be configured in custom multi-channel architectures for simultaneous field measurements at multiple points and locations. Different channels can measure different polarizations in a totally coherent manner. Multi-axis field probes can be used to measure different field components simultaneously at the same location. Ruggedized probes can be supplied for harsh operational environments. Moreover, specially coated probes with better protection against erosion can be supplied to measure the fields inside liquid or saline environments such as biological tissues.
The [[NeoScan]]-DET system configuration provides one or more time domain output signals corresponding to each probe or each optical channel. These temporal data are monitored, recorded and plotted as a function of time in [[NeoScan]]'s visual software environment. The output RF signal can be measured and further analyzed using a high-speed digital sampling oscilloscope to be supplied by the user. Depending on the instantaneous bandwidth of the detected waveform, averaging algorithms might be needed to extract the signal satisfactorily out of the background noise.
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[[Image:NEOWEB46.png|thumb|left|360px|A second-generation, real-time, 3-channel NeoScan system developed by EMAG's Opteos Division.]]
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The figures on the right above and below show older generation 3-channel and 4-channel [[NeoScan]] system configurations, respectively, developed by EMAG Technologies' Opteos Division. You can see three or four FC/APC optical fiber connectors for the field probes along with three or four SMA connectors for the RF output signals. The latter can be directly fed into a multi-channel high speed digital sampling oscilloscope to display the detected temporal waveforms. The same time domain output signals can be down-converted to a lower IF frequency and digitized for further signal processing.
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[[Image:NEOWEB45.png|thumb|left|550px|RT-20G - A 4-channel predecessor of the real-time NeoScan system developed by EMAG's Opteos Division. The four output RF channel are directly fed into a four-channel high speed digital sampling oscilloscope.]]
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