DocumentCode
1267555
Title
Optoelectronic switching in travelling-wave MSM photodetectors using photon energies below bandgap
Author
Von Wendorff, W.C. ; Welters, M. ; Jager, D.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Munster Univ., West Germany
Volume
26
Issue
22
fYear
1990
Firstpage
1874
Lastpage
1875
Abstract
Experimental results of a novel optoelectric method to generate picosecond electrical pulses are presented. Special Schottky coplanar waveguides were used as travelling wave MSM photodetectors illuminated by optical pulses from a modelocked YAG-laser.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; infrared detectors; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; optical switches; optical waveguides; photodetectors; Al-GaAs:Te; GaAs:Te; Schottky coplanar waveguides; bandgap; modelocked YAG-laser; optical pulses; optoelectric method; optoelectronic switching; photon energies; picosecond electrical pulses; travelling-wave MSM photodetectors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19901205
Filename
59475
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