Pulsed laser-induced charge collection in GaAs MESFETs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1909-1915

  Knudson, A R ^a   Campbell, A B ^a   McMorrow, D ^a   Buchner, S ^b   Kang, K ^b   Weatherford, T ^c   Srinivas, V ^d   Swartzlander, G A ^d   Chen, Y J ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c SFA INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

CHARGE COLLECTION; PICOSECOND PULSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MESFET;

EID: 0025628124     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.101208     Document Type: Article

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