Response characteristic of femtosecond LT-GaAs photoconductive switches at different voltage bias
Author(s) -
Li Deng,
Yexin Liu,
Qian Shou,
Wu Tian-Hong,
Lai Tian-Shu,
Wen Jin-Hui,
Lin Wei-Zhu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta physica sinica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.53.3010
Subject(s) - photocurrent , photoconductivity , biasing , materials science , optoelectronics , voltage , femtosecond , ionization , atomic physics , optics , physics , laser , ion , quantum mechanics
The response characteristic of a LTGaAs photoconductive switch formed in a cop lanar waveguide at different voltage bias is studied with photocurrent autocorre lation measurement technique. The experimental results show that the switching t ime increases from 200fs to 750fs, when the bias voltage ascends from 0.5×104 to 9.5×104 V/cm. This phenomenon is attributed to the increase of carr ier capture time arising from the potential barrier lowering (FrenkelPoole eff ect) and the fieldenhanced thermal ionization.
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