picosecond

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During the last decade, pioneering experiments using sub-picosecond lasers have demonstrated the generation and detection of acoustic and shock waves in materials with terahertz (THz) frequencies.

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  • (A picosecond is a trillionth of a second, 10 -12 seconds.) —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • Data streamed to him every picosecond, new information to be sifted and sorted, analyzed and interpreted. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • The team has already demonstrated modelocked sub-picosecond operation of Yb -, Er - and Tm: Ho-doped fibre lasers emitting at 1.05, 1.56 and 1.99 microns, respectively, using the same CNT-based absorber. —  optics.org all content
  • Immediately thereafter, both ions are excited by a picosecond (one trillionth of a second) laser pulse. —  RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates
  • However, a direct experimental measurement of this ultrafast (picosecond) H-bond exchange has been lacking. —  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
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