Abstract:When an extremely short optical pulse is focused into an electro-optic material, a moving polarization is produced which radiates in a Cerenkov-like cone. At the boundary of this shock wave, the elect...When an extremely short optical pulse is focused into an electro-optic material, a moving polarization is produced which radiates in a Cerenkov-like cone. At the boundary of this shock wave, the electric field consists of an extremely fast electrical transient with a correspondingly wide spectral distribution extending well into the far infrared. When appropriately coupled out of the material, this shock wave can be used as a fast electronic impulse generator or far-infrared source without requiring subminiature transmission structures to guide the signal.Read More
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-10-15
Language: en
Type: article
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