BOSS - A Closing And Opening Optically Controlled Switch

R. Germer; K. H. Schoenbach

doi:10.1117/12.969181

7 June 1989 BOSS - A Closing And Opening Optically Controlled Switch

R. Germer, K. H. Schoenbach

Proceedings Volume 1032, 18th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969181
Event: 18th International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, 1988, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Abstract

We show and demonstrate a new concept of a Bistable Optically controlled Semiconductor Switch : BOSS. The switch can be turned on and off with light pulses of different wavelengths in a nanosecond time scale. The calculations promise high current ( MA )and high voltage ( '100kV ) feasibilities. We use a control mechanism of the whole bulk material at the same time. We discuss semiconductor and impurity materials for this new device.

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R. Germer and K. H. Schoenbach "BOSS - A Closing And Opening Optically Controlled Switch", Proc. SPIE 1032, 18th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, (7 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969181

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