High-Voltage rectifier diodes used as photoconductive device for microwave pulse generation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 I, 2006, Pages 1806-1813

  Vergne, Bertrand ^a   Couderc, Vincent ^a   Barthélémy, Alain ^a   Gontier, Dominique ^b   Lalande, Michéle ^a   Bertrand, Valérie ^a  

^a Optical and Microwave Communications Research Institute   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna array feeds; Laser applications; Microwave generation; Photoconducting materials; Synchronous generators synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; JITTER; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ELECTRICAL UNIPOLAR PULSES; MICROWAVE PULSE GENERATION; RECTIFIER DIODES;

MICROWAVE GENERATION;

EID: 33750420640     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.883403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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