Generation of picosecond electrical pulses by a pulse-forming optoelectronic device

10 July 1989

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 55 (2) , 151-152
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102128

Abstract

Full-wave analysis demonstrates that a picosecond electrical pulse can be generated by a pulse-forming optoelectronic device, composed of a photoconductor and an impedance mismatch structure in a coplanar stripline. An electro-optic sampling system is used to measure the response of the pulse-forming optoelectronic device, fabricated on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate. Electrical pulses with 1.3 ps duration (full width at half maximum) are achieved using the device.

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