Subpicosecond electrical pulse generation using photoconductive switches with long carrier lifetimes

13 March 1989

journal article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 54 (11) , 1046-1047
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100792

Abstract

Using a new mechanism of electrical pulse generation, we have generated 350 fs (full width at half maximum) electrical pulses on a coplanar transmission line, fabricated on an unimplanted silicon-on-sapphire substrate.

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