Optoelectronic generation of time-division multiplexed ultrafast bit stream on a coplanar waveguide

31 December 1990

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

Vol. 57 (27) , 2897-2898
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.103745

Abstract

We have developed a technique to generate a two-dimensional array of optical beams with equal intensities and a constant sequential time delay from a mode-locked laser. A light modulator was used to code the spatially separated beams, which were then multiplexed to form a serial pulse string. With the multiplexed beam focused on a picosecond photoconductor, an ultrafast electrical signal was generated.

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