• DocumentCode
    1096882
  • Title

    Subpicosecond electrical sampling

  • Author

    Valdmanis, Janis A. ; Mourou, Gerard A. ; Gabel, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    664
  • Lastpage
    667
  • Abstract
    We report on the recent advances of an electrooptic sampling technique for the characterization of electrical transients that has now achieved an unprecedented temporal resolution of less than 1 ps. Voltage sensitivity is on the order of 50 μV. A lithium tantalate traveling wave Pockels cell is employed in conjunction with a high repetition rate subpicosecond laser system.
  • Keywords
    Electromagnetic (EM) measurements; Electromagnetic (EM) transient analysis; Laser applications, measurement; Photoconducting materials/devices; Pockels effect; Pulse measurement; Signal sampling/reconstruction; Electric variables measurement; Laser modes; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Ring lasers; Sampling methods; Signal resolution; Ultrafast optics; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1983.1071915
  • Filename
    1071915