Semiconductor lasers from photoconductive switch filaments

Fred J. Zutavern; Albert G. Baca; Weng W. Chow; Michael J. Hafich; Harold P. Hjalmarson; Guillermo M. Loubriel; Alan Mar; Martin W. O'Malley; G. Allen Vawter

doi:10.1109/PPPS.2001.01002020

Semiconductor lasers from photoconductive switch filaments

Fred J. Zutavern
, Albert G. Baca
, Weng W. Chow
, Michael J. Hafich
, Harold P. Hjalmarson
, Guillermo M. Loubriel
, Alan Mar
, Martin W. O'Malley
, G. Allen Vawter

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

At the 8th Pulsed Power Conference (1991), this group reported the first images of current filaments in high gain photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS)[5]. Since that time many properties of the current filaments have been reported, including the ability to control the location, shape, and timing of the filaments with an optical trigger. Recently, we have invented a new class of semiconductor laser, using current filaments as the active region. We have fabricated and tested current filament semiconductor lasers (CFSL) producing 75 nJ of 890 nm radiation in 1.5 ns (50 W peak), approximately ten times more energy than conventional (injectionpumped) semiconductor lasers (CSL) in comparable pulse lengths.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PPPS 2001 - Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2001
Pages	170-173
Number of pages	4
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS.2001.01002020
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Semiconductor lasers from photoconductive switch filaments

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