{"title":"Two Dimensional Modeling Of High Power Semiconductor Switches","authors":"P. Stout, M. Kushner","doi":"10.1109/MODSYM.1994.597083","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) have high voltage hold-off and fast rise times. When operated in the nonlinear mode the requirement for optical trigger energy is reduced. A two dimensional time dependent computer model has been developed to investigate laser triggering and gain of GaAs PCSS. The role of transport of band-to-band recombination radiation in switch operation is discussed. The location of the laser spot which activates the switch is also investigated.","PeriodicalId":330796,"journal":{"name":"Twenty-First International Power Modulator Symposium, Conference","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Twenty-First International Power Modulator Symposium, Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MODSYM.1994.597083","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) have high voltage hold-off and fast rise times. When operated in the nonlinear mode the requirement for optical trigger energy is reduced. A two dimensional time dependent computer model has been developed to investigate laser triggering and gain of GaAs PCSS. The role of transport of band-to-band recombination radiation in switch operation is discussed. The location of the laser spot which activates the switch is also investigated.