Polycrystalline cubic silicon carbide photoconductive switch

被引:9
作者
Sheng, SP
Spencer, MG
Tang, X
Zhou, PZ
Harris, GL
机构
[1] School of Engineering, Howard University, Washington
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1109/55.605443
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The first cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) photoconductive switches were fabricated from polycrystalline 3C-SiC, The switches had a dark resistivity of 10(6) Omega/cm. A breakdown held of 250 kV/cm and a peak photocurrent density of 10 kA/cm(2) through the switch were obtained, The ratio of off-resistance to on-resistance of the a-witch reached up to 10(5). The photocurrent had a pulse width as narrow as 15 ns. The trigger gain of the stitch was 4.7.
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页码:372 / 374
页数:3
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