GaAs PCSS: high-gain switching and device reliability

Fred J. Zutavern; Guillermo M. Loubriel; Dan L. McLaughlin; Marty W. O'Malley; Wesley D. Helgeson; Gary J. Denison

doi:10.1117/12.146562

9 June 1993 GaAs PCSS: high-gain switching and device reliability

Fred J. Zutavern, Guillermo M. Loubriel, Dan L. McLaughlin, Marty W. O'Malley, Wesley D. Helgeson, Gary J. Denison

Proceedings Volume 1873, Optically Activated Switching III; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146562
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Characteristics of GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) during the initiation and sustaining phases of high gain switching are studied in this paper. Infrared electro-photo luminescence data are present which show current filaments during high gain switching mode. Triggering of these devices with multiple fiber optics is demonstrated and the implications for high average current density switching are discussed. Switch jitter with high field lateral PCSS has been tested and its impact on multiswitch systems is explored. Results from high repetition rate device lifetime testing are also reported. Lateral switches with several types of contacts (including: refractory metallizations, diffused and ion-implanted Ohmic layers) have been fabricated and tested. Switch characteristics and lifetime results will be discussed for each of these fabrication schemes.

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Fred J. Zutavern, Guillermo M. Loubriel, Dan L. McLaughlin, Marty W. O'Malley, Wesley D. Helgeson, and Gary J. Denison "GaAs PCSS: high-gain switching and device reliability", Proc. SPIE 1873, Optically Activated Switching III, (9 June 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146562

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