Waveform synthesizer

Patent · Fri Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6789062

Franks, L A; Nelson, M A

The invention is a method by which an optical pulse of an arbitrary but defined shape may be transformed into a virtual multitude of optical or electrical output pulse shapes. Since the method is not limited to any particular input pulse shape, the output pulse shapes that can be generated thereby are virtually unlimited. Moreover, output pulse widths as narrow as about 0.1 nsec can be readily obtained since optical pulses of less than a few picoseconds are available for use as driving pulses. The range of output pulse widths obtainable is very large, the limiting factors being the driving source energy and the particular shape of the desired output pulse.

• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-08-1183
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• OSTI ID: 6789062
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
PULSE GENERATORS
DESIGN
WAVE FORMS
SYNTHESIS
FIBER OPTICS
LASERS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
POLARIZATION
PULSE RISE TIME
PULSE SHAPERS
SHUTTERS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIONS
FUNCTION GENERATORS
PULSE CIRCUITS
TIMING PROPERTIES
420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)