Picosecond optoelectronic devices

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5952006

Lee, C L

Ever since the invention of picosecond lasers, scientists and electronic engineers have been dreaming of inventing electronic devices that can record in real time the physical and electronic events that take place on picosecond time scales. With the exception of the expensive streak camera, this dream has been largely unfullfilled. Today, a real-time oscilloscope with picosecond time resolution is still not available. To fill the need for even better time resolution, researchers have turned to optical pulses and thus a hybrid technology has emerged-picosecond optoelectronics. This technology, based on bulk photoconductors, has had a slow start. However, because of the simplicity, scaleability, and jitterfree nature of the devices, the technology has recently experienced a rapid growth. This volume reviews the major developments in the field of picosecond optoelectronics over the past decade.

• OSTI ID: 5952006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
INDIUM PHOSPHIDES
LASERS
PHOSPHIDES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCONDUCTORS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASMA
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PULSE TECHNIQUES
PULSES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
SWITCHES
TIME DEPENDENCE