Silicon Switch Development For Optical Pulse Generation In Fusion Lasers At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Russell B. Wilcox

doi:10.1117/12.966082

28 November 1983 Silicon Switch Development For Optical Pulse Generation In Fusion Lasers At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Russell B. Wilcox

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Proceedings Volume 0439, Picosecond Optoelectronics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966082
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

We have been developing a silicon photoconductive switch for use as a Pockels cell driver in the pulse generation systems of the fusion lasers Nova and Novette. The objective has been to make 10 kV switches repeatably and which are reliable on an operating system. We found that nonlinear phenomena in nearly intrinsic silicon caused excessive conduction at high voltage resulting in breakdown. Our experiments with doped material show that this problem can be eliminated, resulting in useful devices.

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Russell B. Wilcox "Silicon Switch Development For Optical Pulse Generation In Fusion Lasers At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory", Proc. SPIE 0439, Picosecond Optoelectronics, (28 November 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966082

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