Applied Physics Letters · 1979 · 35 citations · 13 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsOptical Signal ProcessingOptical SwitchingOptoelectronic DevicesUltrafast OpticsPulse ShapingUltra-short Pulse GenerationUltrafast Pulse GenerationUltrashort Pulse Generation
Active pulse shaping in the picosecond domain is reported using a fast Pockels cell controlled by an optically driven GaAs electrical switch. The center is sliced out of a long optical pulse, yielding a 70-psec FWHM pulse with 40-psec rise and fall times.
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Picosecond optoelectronic switching in GaAs
Chi H. Lee · Applied Physics Letters · 1977 · 206 citations
High-power switching with picosecond precision
G. Mourou, Wayne H. Knox · Applied Physics Letters · 1979 · 124 citations