Optoelectronic gating of microwave signals using a silicon microstrip shunt modulator

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Abstract
A new silicon microstrip modulator for optoelectronic gating of microwave signals is described. Gating infrared pulses produces a small semiconductor region of high photoconductivity, which shunts the microstrip transmission line if special strip conductor structures are used. Theoretical and experimental results were found to agree fairly well.