Characterization of vertical GaAs optically activated switches

Nicolas C. Anderson; Christopher R. Spikings; Nigel Seddon

doi:10.1117/12.198654

4 January 1995 Characterization of vertical GaAs optically activated switches

Nicolas C. Anderson, Christopher R. Spikings, Nigel Seddon

Proceedings Volume 2343, Optically Activated Switching IV; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.198654
Event: Photonics for Industrial Applications, 1994, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In this paper we report on the experimentation conducted on vertical optically activated switches fabricated from GaAs grown by Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) and Vertical Gradient Freeze (VGF) techniques. Heavily doped contact regions have been grown on the bulk GaAs to form n⁺-SI GaAs-n⁺ and p⁺-SI GaAs-n⁺ structures. Dark dc I-V characterization has been used to assess the voltage withstand characteristics of the devices demonstrating 3.5 kV hold-off for reverse biased LEC and VGF p⁺-SI GaAs-n⁺ devices. Optical activation has achieved a 1 ns switch closure time with VGF p⁺-SI GaAs-n⁺ devices reverse biased at 7 kV and 2 ns switch closure times for VGF n⁺-SI GaAs-n⁺ devices biased at 4.5 kV. The voltage drop across the optically activated switches was characterized in terms of two components; a constant and a resistive voltage drop.

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Nicolas C. Anderson, Christopher R. Spikings, and Nigel Seddon "Characterization of vertical GaAs optically activated switches", Proc. SPIE 2343, Optically Activated Switching IV, (4 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.198654

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