Picosecond Electronics With Optical Pulses

D. H. Auston

doi:10.1117/12.955141

18 January 1977 Picosecond Electronics With Optical Pulses

D. H. Auston

Proceedings Volume 0094, High Speed Optical Techniques: Developments and Applications; (1977) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955141
Event: 20th Annual Technical Symposium, 1976, San Diego, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses recent progress toward the development of an electronics measurement capability with picosecond time resolution using picosecond optical pulses. Devices utilizing the transient photoconductivity produced by the absorption of picosecond optical pulses in high speed semiconductor circuits have been demonstrated which are capable of performing elementary electronic operations such as switching, gating, sampling, pulse generation, etc. Applications to electro-optic gating, high speed electronic sampling, and measurement of semiconductor relaxation and transport phenomena will also be discussed.

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D. H. Auston "Picosecond Electronics With Optical Pulses", Proc. SPIE 0094, High Speed Optical Techniques: Developments and Applications, (18 January 1977); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955141

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