Photoconductive Switch Designs Utilizing Field Confinement And Displacement For Faster Opening In Pulse Power Systems

C. D. Parikh; F. A. Lindholm

doi:10.1117/12.943637

6 April 1988 Photoconductive Switch Designs Utilizing Field Confinement And Displacement For Faster Opening In Pulse Power Systems

C. D. Parikh, F. A. Lindholm

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Proceedings Volume 0871, Space Structures, Power, and Power Conditioning; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943637
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper analyzes a switch design utilizing a static magnetic field to displace the electron-hole plasma to surfaces having high recombination velocities. This mechanism can markedly speed up the opening of the switch without decreasing its conductance in the illuminated steady state.

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C. D. Parikh and F. A. Lindholm "Photoconductive Switch Designs Utilizing Field Confinement And Displacement For Faster Opening In Pulse Power Systems", Proc. SPIE 0871, Space Structures, Power, and Power Conditioning, (6 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943637

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