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Showing papers by "Gerard Mourou published in 1977"


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TL;DR: In this paper, a sampling technique utilizing an Auston switch was used to determine the time response of a fast oscilloscope and resolve the impulse response of two fast photodiodes.

71 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, light-controlled silicon switches have been used to drive a travelling wave Kerr cell and a fast Pockels cell with picosecond timing, and the results obtained with light controlled silicon switches are reported.

51 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the photoconductive impulse response of carriers in GaAs has been investigated using a photosecond gating technique utilizing optically controlled switch to resolve the photoconductor impulse response.

40 citations