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Picosecond

Known as: psec 
A unit of time equal to one trillionth of a second.
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Structural and Functional Characterization of PseC, an Aminotransferase Involved in the Biosynthesis of Pseudaminic Acid, an Essential Flagellar Modification in Helicobacter pylori*
Helicobacter pylori flagellin is heavily glycosylated with the novel sialic acid-like nonulosonate, pseudaminic acid (Pse). The… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Picosecond and sub-picosecond flat-top pulse generation using uniform long-period fiber gratings.
We propose a novel linear filtering scheme based on ultrafast all-optical differentiation for re-shaping of ultrashort pulses… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Origin of third-order optical nonlinearity in Au:SiO(2) composite films on femtosecond and picosecond time scales.
Three sorts of probe laser, which have pulse durations of 200 fs, 35 ps, and 70 ps, were employed in the measurement of the third… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Picosecond infrared vibrational photon echoes in a liquid and glass using a free electron laser.
The first infrared vibrational photon echo experiments conducted in a liquid and a glass are reported. The experiments were… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Self-starting additive-pulse mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser.
A diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser is demonstrated by using self-starting additive-pulse mode locking with a nonlinear external cavity… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Observation of optical bistability in CdS(x)Se(1-x)-doped glasses with 25-psec switching time.
We report the first observation to our knowledge of optical bistability in CdS(x)Se(1-x)-doped glasses with rise and fall times… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Picosecond Time- And Space-Domain Holography By Photochemical Hole Burning
In this paper, the concept of holographic storage and reproduction of optical signals is generalized for the case of a spectrally… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Picosecond kinetics of the initial photochemical electron-transfer reaction in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers.
The absorption changes that occur in reaction centers of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides during the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Amplification of picosecond 10 µm pulses in multiatmosphere CO2lasers
Picosecond pulses, generated by semiconductor switching (2-40 ps), have been regeneratively amplified to an energy density of ∼1… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Picosecond dynamics of twisted internal charge transfer phenomena. The role of the solvent
To probe the role of the solvent in intramolecular charge transfer processes, and in particular, the origin of the well‐known… 
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