Picosecond pulse generation with a cw GaAIAs laser
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Picosecond optical pulse sources1 have been playing an increasingly impor tant role in the study of ultrafast processes and have potential application to highspeed electronics2 and optical communications. Interest in picosecond techniques has recently been stimulated by the generation of ultrashort pulses at high repetition rate, 3 but conventional sources have remained large and cumbersome laboratory systems. We report here the operation of a compact picosecond pulse generator based on the cw GaAIAs double-heterostructure diode laser.
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