Abstract

Ultrafast switching utilizing picosecond photoconductors finds many applications, including optoelectronic sampling and characterization of high speed electronic devices [1]. One of the major areas of applications that has not been explored is in microwave and millimeter-wave generation and control. The jitter-free switching characteristic of these devices is very promising since the microwave or millimeter wave signals can be generated in complete time synchronization with the exciting optical pulses. The time synchronization opens the way to unique applications.

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