Generation of an ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse by an array illuminator
- 15 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (20) , 1667-1669
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.001667
Abstract
We propose a method to generate an ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse by using an array illuminator and present preliminary experimental results to demonstrate the feasibility of its application to optical communication and readout of images.Keywords
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