• DocumentCode
    1981340
  • Title

    “S-shaped” negative differential conductivity of high gain GaAs photoconductive switches

  • Author

    Liu, Hong ; Ruan, Chengli

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Phys. Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The formation of the ldquoS-shapedrdquo negative differential conductivity (NDC) of high gain GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) is qualitatively analyzed. The development of NDC is characterized by localized direct transform from N-shaped to S-shaped NDC.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; photoconducting switches; GaAs; N-shaped negative differential conductivity; S-shaped negative differential conductivity; localized direct transform; photoconductive semiconductor switches; Cathodes; Charge carrier density; Conductivity; Educational institutions; Gallium arsenide; Impact ionization; Insulation; Photoconducting devices; Photoconductivity; Switches; boundary conditions; localized transition region; negative differential conductivity (NDC);
  • 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.2009.5292628
  • Filename
    5292628