Title :
Investigation of spark gap triggered by GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switch
Author :
Xu, Ming ; Shi, Wei ; Zhang, Lin ; Liu, Rui
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Xi´´an Univ. of Technol., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Compared with traditional GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS), higher current (>5 kA) pulse is obtained cascaded with discharging of a spark gap and the mechanism of the discharging between PCSS and spark gap is discussed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; discharges (electric); gallium arsenide; semiconductor switches; spark gaps; GaAs; higher current pulse; photoconductive semiconductor switch; spark gap discharging; Circuits; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Gallium arsenide; Laser noise; Photoconducting devices; Photoconductivity; Sparks; Switches; Voltage; GaAs PCSS; discharge; spark gap;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292622
