What does ps stand for?

Picosecond

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Byline: datta03 Provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products JDSU on Monday announced that it has licensed patent rights for fundamental picosecond laser technology to Hamamatsu Corporation, a technology manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum.

United States: JDSU licenses picosecond laser technology to Hamamatsu

This whole process happens within a few hundred picoseconds - one picosecond is a millionth of a millionth of a second," he added.

Particle beams successfully injected into "Big Bang Machine"

163) states that the early universe expanded "from subatomic scales to the size of a grapefruit in less than a trillionth of a second" or one picosecond.

Speed trap

7 gigahertz, which corresponds to a carrier lifetime of 100 picoseconds.

Scientists break light modulation speed record

The unique pulsed diode lasers provide picosecond or femtosecond pulses at high repetition rates from 375 nm - 900 nm with controllable power and pulse frequency.

Australia: Olympus Adds Further Capabilities to FluoView FV1000 ...

Dowling says that synchronizing clocks in GPS satellites to within a picosecond might make it possible to locate objects at the Earth's surface within millimeters.

Spooky timing: quantum-linked photons coordinate clock ticks

With the introduction of Deep Photonics' new Picosecond Packet Pulsing (P) technology, the lasers provide significant improvement in cold ablation of materials.

Deep Photonics Releases New Picosecond Pulsed Fiber Lasers for Film ...

During the study, the research group first hit the qubit with laser light of specific frequencies to define and measure the electron spin, all within a few nanoseconds, and then they rotated the spin with polarized light pulses in a few tens of picoseconds (a picosecond is one trillionth of a second).

Quantum computing comes closer to reality