Realization of an InSb bistable device as an optical and gate and its use to measure carrier recombination times

C. T. Seaton; S. D. Smith; F. A P Tooley; M. E. Prise; M. R. Taghizadeh

doi:10.1063/1.93870

Realization of an InSb bistable device as an optical and gate and its use to measure carrier recombination times

C. T. Seaton, S. D. Smith, F. A P Tooley, M. E. Prise, M. R. Taghizadeh

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Abstract

We report the novel operation of a natural reflectivity InSb bistable resonator at 77 K, pumped with a cw CO laser at 1819 cm^-1, as a single pulse detector with definite threshold energy and as an optical AND gate. The two switching pulses for the AND gate logic operation are 30-ps single, switched-out pulses from a mode-locked neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser. Introduction of a variable time delay between the logic pulses provides a unique technique for measurement of the photogenerated carrier lifetime and yields a recombination time ~90 ns for a cw CO holding intensity ~80 W/cm².

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-133
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93870
Publication status	Published - 1983

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