Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 1, Issue 9, 09553(2003)

Photon-activated charge domain in high-gain photoconductive switches

Wei Shi1、*, Huiying Dai1, and Xiaowei Sun2
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  • 1Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048
  • 2Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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    We report our experimental observation of charge domain oscillation in semi-insulating GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs). The high-gain PCSS is intrinsically a photon-activated charge domain device. It is the photon-activated carriers that satisfy the requirement of charge domain formation on carrier concentration and device length product of 10^(12) cm^(-2). We also show that, because of the repeated process of domain formation, the domain travels with a compromised speed of electron saturation velocity and the speed of light. As a result, the transit time of charge domains in PCSS is much shorter than that of traditional Gunn domains.

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    Wei Shi, Huiying Dai, Xiaowei Sun. Photon-activated charge domain in high-gain photoconductive switches[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2003, 1(9): 09553

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    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Jun. 19, 2003

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 6, 2006

    The Author Email: Wei Shi (swshi@mail.xaut.edu.cn)

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