Laser driver switching 20 A with 2 ns pulse width using GaN

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1110-1113

  Liero, Armin ^a   Klehr, Andreas ^a   Schwertfeger, Sven ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas ^a   Heinrich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

GaN HEMT; High current switching; Laser driver; Optical pulse generation; Pulse picker

Indexed keywords

GAN HEMTS; HIGH-CURRENT; LASER DRIVER; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PULSE PICKER;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SWITCHING;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77957804681     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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