Abstract:
Short intense lasing pulses of resonant radiation, of the order of 10 13 sec., are produced by employing adiabatic rapid passage of an optical transition of an optically resonant medium, such as K-vapor. The adiabatic rapid passage is achieved in the K-vapor by frequency modulating each pulse of a ruby laser giant pulse source. The modulated pulses are then passed through a fluoronitrobenzene Raman cell to provide an output pulse which has the required power and whose instantaneous carrier frequency sweeps through a resonance having a pair of levels connected by electric dipole transitions in the K-vapor system.
Abstract:
Piezoelectric photosensitive semiconductor crystals or semiinsulators are employed either to store or to process high frequency signals. Storage is accomplished in the crystal by a stable pattern of trapped electrons produced by the interference between two radio-frequency input signal pulses. The latter are applied successively to the crystal, after an initial illumination, causing ultrasonic waves to be generated. The ultrasonic wave of the first pulse, together with the electric field of the second, cause the trapped electrons to be redistributed in a pattern which has the same spatial variation as the ultrasonic wave. In effect, the information contained in the original pulse is stored in the crystal, the latter serving as a recording medium operating over the whole radio frequency range.
Abstract:
Piezoelectric photosensitive semiconductor crystals or semi-insulators are employed either to store or to process high frequency signals. Storage is accomplished in the crystal by a stable pattern of trapped electrons produced by the interference between two radio-frequency input signal pulses. The latter are applied successively to the crystal, after an initial illumination, causing ultrasonic waves to be generated. The ultrasonic wave of the first pulse, together with the electric field of the second, cause the trapped electrons to be redistributed in a pattern which has the same spatial variation as the ultrasonic wave. In effect, the information contained in the original pulse is stored in the crystal, the latter serving as a recording medium operating over the whole radio frequency range.
Abstract:
OPTICAL SCANNER This disclosure provides an optical scanner for transforming an optical image into electrical signals. Through practice of this disclosure an optical image is projected onto a surface of a photosensitive semiconductor body wherein there is established a charge distribution or perturbation or pattern which reflects the variations in optical intensity of the optical image. Through the parametric interaction of simultaneously applied electric field and acoustic wave to each respective portion of the electrical charge pattern on the photosensitive semiconductor surface, there is obtained a backward acoustic wave which is directed toward the source of the initiating acoustic wave. In particular, the acoustic wave in the acoustic medium may be either a surface acoustic wave (SAW) or a bulk acoustic wave. Where the surface acoustic wave is utilized, the acoustic medium may be commensurately thin. The acoustic medium must be piezoelectric for it is the interaction of the electric field of the acoustic wave with the applied electric field via the charge pattern which achieves the parametric interaction. Through the "holographic" electric field echo effect, an optical scanner may be achieved for the practice of this disclosure by storage of a charge pattern related to the optical image.
Abstract:
Piezoelectric photosensitive semiconductor crystals or semi-insulators are employed either to store or to process high frequency signals. Storage is accomplished in the crystal by a stable pattern of trapped electrons produced by the interference between two radio-frequency input signal pulses. The latter are applied successively to the crystal, after an initial illumination, causing ultrasonic waves to be generated. The ultrasonic wave of the first pulse, together with the electric field of the second, cause the trapped electrons to be redistributed in a pattern which has the same spatial variation as the ultrasonic wave. In effect, the information contained in the original pulse is stored in the crystal, the latter serving as a recording medium operating over the whole radio frequency range.