Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications
Photoconductive semiconductor switching (PCSS) devices have unique characteristics to address the growing need for electrically isolated, optically gated, picosecond-scale jitter devices capable of operating at high voltage, current, and frequency. The state of the art in material selection, doping,...
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| author | Vincent Meyers Lars Voss Jack D. Flicker Luciano Garcia Rodriguez Harold P. Hjalmarson Jane Lehr Nicolas Gonzalez Gregory Pickrell Soroush Ghandiparsi Robert Kaplar |
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| description | Photoconductive semiconductor switching (PCSS) devices have unique characteristics to address the growing need for electrically isolated, optically gated, picosecond-scale jitter devices capable of operating at high voltage, current, and frequency. The state of the art in material selection, doping, triggering, and system integration in PCSSs is presented. The material properties and doping considerations of GaN, GaAs, SiC, diamond, and β-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> in the fabrication of PCSS devices are discussed. A review of the current understanding of the physics of the high-gain mode known as lock-on is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5a04f6b0293c4874b39f37fd6ac88e962025-01-24T13:20:16ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-0115264510.3390/app15020645Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and ApplicationsVincent Meyers0Lars Voss1Jack D. Flicker2Luciano Garcia Rodriguez3Harold P. Hjalmarson4Jane Lehr5Nicolas Gonzalez6Gregory Pickrell7Soroush Ghandiparsi8Robert Kaplar9Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USALawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USALawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USAPhotoconductive semiconductor switching (PCSS) devices have unique characteristics to address the growing need for electrically isolated, optically gated, picosecond-scale jitter devices capable of operating at high voltage, current, and frequency. The state of the art in material selection, doping, triggering, and system integration in PCSSs is presented. The material properties and doping considerations of GaN, GaAs, SiC, diamond, and β-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> in the fabrication of PCSS devices are discussed. A review of the current understanding of the physics of the high-gain mode known as lock-on is presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/645GaNphotoconductive switchhigh-voltage switching |
| spellingShingle | Vincent Meyers Lars Voss Jack D. Flicker Luciano Garcia Rodriguez Harold P. Hjalmarson Jane Lehr Nicolas Gonzalez Gregory Pickrell Soroush Ghandiparsi Robert Kaplar Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications Applied Sciences GaN photoconductive switch high-voltage switching |
| title | Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications |
| title_full | Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications |
| title_fullStr | Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications |
| title_short | Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches: Materials, Physics, and Applications |
| title_sort | photoconductive semiconductor switches materials physics and applications |
| topic | GaN photoconductive switch high-voltage switching |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/645 |
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