• DocumentCode
    1095792
  • Title

    Fast optoelectronic crosspoint electrical switching of GaAs photoconductors

  • Author

    Lam, D.K.W. ; MacDonald, R.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    1/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The optoelectronic crosspoint electrical switching characteristics of GaAs photoconductors were investigated by using a variable time-delay method. Rise and fall time as short as 0.6 and 1.1 ns, respectively, were observed at the very low operating bias of 3-4 V.
  • Keywords
    Communication switching; Delay; Gallium arsenide; Monitoring; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscilloscopes; Photoconductivity; Switches; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDL.1984.25808
  • Filename
    1484184