• DocumentCode
    1981198
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292622
  • Filename
    5292622