Pat.#5319218: Pulse sharpening using an optical pulse
INVENTORS: Kim; Anderson H., Toms River, NJ
  Weiner; Maurice, Ocean, NJ
  Jasper, Jr.; Louis J., Fulton, MD
  Youmans; Robert J., Brick, NJ
ASSIGNEES: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC
ISSUED: June 7 , 1994
FILED: May 6 , 1993
ABSTRACT: A photoconductive ultra-wideband impulse generating device utilizing pulseharpening techniques to further increase its radiation frequency well above the gigahertz range while also substantially improving radiation efficiency. Such pulse sharpening provides for a radiator having a wider range of applications.