Optical Control of Microwave-Integrated Circuits Using High-Speed GaAs and Si Photoconductive Switches

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 2414-2420

  Saddow, Stephen E ^a   Lee, Chi H ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL CONTROL; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029373094     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.414597     Document Type: Article

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