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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The figures on the right 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.