• DocumentCode
    2394672
  • Title

    Optical Probing Of Field Dependent Effects In Gaas Photoconductive Switches

  • Author

    Donaldson, W.R.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Rochester
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    16-19 June 1991
  • Firstpage
    45
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    An electro-optic probe is used to study the physics of semiconductors subjected to high fields with 100-ps time resolution. A variety of phenomena have been seen in GaAs in photoconductive switches. There appears to be evidence of current channeling in switches operating in lock-on mode. In addition, the affects of contact preparation on switch operation have been investigated.
  • Keywords
    Cameras; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Photoconductivity; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference, 1991. Digest of Technical Papers. Eighth IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0177-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.1991.733231
  • Filename
    733231