High-power bipolar picosecond pulse generation using optically activated traveling wave generator

✍ Scribed by B. Vergne; V. Couderc; A. Barthélémy; M. Lalande; V. Bertrand; D. Gontier

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 814 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.21713

✦ Synopsis

We demonstrate the generation of multikilovolt bipolar picosecond pulses using an optically activated travelling wave generator into 50⍀ load. The spectral content of the output electrical pulse can be modified to favour or reduce low-frequency components. Bipolar pulses of 450 ps of duration with more than 3 kV of peak voltage are produced.