Transient Behaviors Of Picosecond Photoconductive Switches

Kenneth K Li; Paul K Yu

doi:10.1117/12.940712

9 November 1987 Transient Behaviors Of Picosecond Photoconductive Switches

Kenneth K Li, Paul K Yu

Proceedings Volume 0789, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications III; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940712
Event: 1987 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1987, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We report the development of theoretical and experimental study of the transient behaviors of picosecond photoconductivity. A simple photoconductor with conventional neutrality analysis is described and stripline electrodes are used for high speed operation1. The carrier transport mechanism in a photodiode is modeled, which is in a non-neutrality condition2. This leads into the analysis of the high field, high speed transient behaviors of picosecond photoconductivity by solving the transport equation in its original form without neutrality approximation. Indeed, the photogenerated carrier are found to travel in opposite directions. Future analysis will be emphasized on interaction of this behavior with external circuits.

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Kenneth K Li and Paul K Yu "Transient Behaviors Of Picosecond Photoconductive Switches", Proc. SPIE 0789, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications III, (9 November 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940712

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