Generation of 1.2 ps electrical pulses through parallel gating in ultrathin silicon photoconductive switches

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 4249-4251

  Holzman, J F ^a   Vermeulen, F E ^a   Elezzabi, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035905294     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1426263     Document Type: Article

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