@article{8e9a586f8c634607951843fb0c265896,
title = "Dynamic I-V Characteristics of an AlGaAs/GaAs-Based Optothyristor for Pulsed Power-Switching Applications",
abstract = "A high-performance MBE-grown AlGaAs/GaAs-based heterostructure optothyristor has been fabricated and characterized for high-power pulsed switching applications. An LEC undoped semi-insulating GaAs of 650 μ m in thickness was used as the voltage blocking layer and low-temperature GaAs grown at 200°C was used to passivate the surface and to reduce the surface leakage current. The dynamic current-voltage characteristics have been measured up to 115 A and 1974 V, which corresponds to a field intensity of more than 30 kV/cm. The dissipated energy per switching as a function of device voltage has also been determined to be in the range of 2 mJ or lower.",
author = "Zhao, {Jian H.} and Dana Larson and Terry Burke and Maurice Weiner and Albert Chin and Ballingall, {James M.} and Yu, {Tan hua}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received November 6, 1991; revised January 13, 1992. J. H. Zhao, T. Burke, and D. Larson were supported by the National Science Foundation under Contracts ECS-9009370 and ECS-9114689. J. H. Zhao was supported by the Rutgers Research Council through an initiative grant. J. H. Zhao and D. Larson are with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855-0909. T. Burke is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway , NJ 08855-0909 and the ETD Laboratory, U.S. Army LABCOM, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703. M. Weiner is with the EDT Laboratory, U.S. Army LABCOM, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703. A. Chin, J. M. Ballingall, and T. Yu are with the Electronics Laboratory, General Electric Company, Syracuse, NY 13221. IEEE Log Number 9106871.",
year = "1992",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1109/55.144997",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "13",
pages = "161--163",
journal = "IEEE Electron Device Letters",
issn = "0741-3106",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "3",
}