Electrooptic Generation and Detection of Femtosecond Electrical Transients

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 184-197

  Auston, David H ^a   Nuss, Martin C ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS - LATTICE VIBRATIONS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSE GENERATORS;

COUPLED OSCILLATOR MODEL; ELECTROOPTIC CHERENKOV RADIATION; FEMTOSECOND ELECTRICAL TRANSIENTS; LATTICE VIBRATIONAL RESONANCES; ULTRASHORT ELECTRICAL PULSES;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0023961283     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.114     Document Type: Article

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