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Accession number: 20131916320759
Title: Accurate measurement of the jitter time of GaAs photoconductive semiconductor
switches triggered by a one-to-two optical fiber
Authors: Shi, Wei1, 2 ; Zhang, Lin1 ; Gui, Huaimeng1 ; Hou, Lei1 ; Xu, Ming1 ; Qu, Guanghui1/施
卫;张林;;侯磊;徐鸣;屈光辉
Author affiliation: 1 Applied Physics Department, Xi'An University of Technology, Xi'an 710048,
China
2 State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'An Institute of Optics and Precision
Mechanics, Xi'an 710119, China
Source title: Applied Physics Letters
Abbreviated source title: Appl Phys Lett
Volume: 102
Issue: 15
Issue date: April 15, 2013
Publication year: 2013
Article number: 154106
Language: English
ISSN: 00036951
CODEN: APPLAB
Document type: Journal article (JA)
Publisher: American Institute of Physics, 2 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite N101, Melville, NY
11747-4502, United States
Abstract: An improved method is proposed to measure the jitter time of the photoconductive
semiconductor switches (PCSSs). A one-to-two fiber is utilized to separate and guide the 1053 nm
laser beam to trigger two identical 3-mm-gap GaAs PCSSs synchronously. The jitter time is
derived from the time lags of two switches turn-on by the error transfer theory. At a bias voltage
of 1 kV, the jitter time is measured as 14.41 ps, which is the lowest jitter of GaAs PCSS that has
been reported so far. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
Number of references: 15
Main heading: Time switches
Controlled terms: Gallium arsenide - Jitter - Optical fibers - Photoconductive
switches - Semiconducting gallium
Uncontrolled terms: 1053 nm - Accurate measurement - GaAs - Jitter-time -
Photoconductive semiconductor switches - Time lag
Classification code: 741.1.2 Fiber Optics - 718 Telephone Systems and Related Technologies;
Line Communications - 717 Optical Communication - 804 Chemical Products Generally -
716 Telecommunication; Radar, Radio and Television - 714.2 Semiconductor Devices and
Integrated Circuits - 712.1.1 Single Element Semiconducting Materials - 715 Electronic
Equipment, General Purpose and Industrial
DOI: 10.1063/1.4802755
Database: Compendex
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