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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19901205
