Abstarct. At high light intensity modulation frequencies, the photodetector measures the integral energy of the pulsed radiation. In this case, the photoconductivity kinetics depends mainly on the rate of generation of charge carriers. Mechanisms of recombination of electrons and holes have little effect on the photocurrent. The article defines the conditions under which a photoresistor can be used to reconstruct the time shape of an optical signal. The shape, frequency and intensity of the pulses vary in an arbitrary way. The method of reconstructing the shape of an optical signal is applicable if the intensity varies with frequency ω more than the inverse lifetime of