Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 063202(2011)
Research on electrical pulse of 20-kV/30-Hz GaAs photoconductive switches
Photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs) are widely used in high power ultra-wideband source applications and precise synchronization control due to their high power low-jitter high-repetition-frequency. In this letter, a 14-mm gap semi-insulating GaAs PCSS biased under 20 kV is triggered by a 1064-nm laser with a repetition frequency of 30 Hz. Although the trigger condition is greater than the threshold of the lock-on effect, the high gain mode is not observed. The results indicate that the high gain mode of the PCSS is quenched by decreasing the remnant voltage of pulsed energy storage capacitor.
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Hong Liu, Jingli Wang, Lin Zhang, Binjie Xin, Xinmei Wang, Wei Shi, "Research on electrical pulse of 20-kV/30-Hz GaAs photoconductive switches," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 063202 (2011)
Category: Ultrafast Optics
Received: Sep. 13, 2010
Accepted: Feb. 21, 2011
Published Online: Apr. 28, 2011
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