Abstract Narrowband microwave generation with tuneable frequency is demonstrated by illuminating a photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS) burst-mode fibre laser. The whole system composed of high-power linearly polarized pulsed laser and linear-state PCSS. To obtain high-performance signal, desired envelope burst necessary pulse pre-compensation technique adopted to avoid distortion induce...

Plasma formation in micro- and nano-scales enables an ultrahigh-dv/dt picosecond switching integrated circuit form factor. Such on-chip plasma devices could provide a transformative approach to achieving high-power levels at very high frequencies, far surpassing the best performance of conventional III-V electronics. In this work, we demonstrate application scaled-up nano- microplasma switches ...

Low-power design is becoming a crucial design objective due to the growing demand on portable applications and increasing difficulties in cooling and heat removal. A clock distribution network (CDN) delivers the clock signal which act as a reference to all sequential elements in the synchronous systems. The clock distribution network consumes a considerable amount of power in electronic devices...

The next generation of US Navy ships will employ high energy pulsed power weapons and sensor systems. The electrical power systems on current Navy surface ships are not capable of directly supplying instantaneous generation demand of the magnitude that these high energy loads require. As a result, there is a need for an open architecture concept for systems integration including an energy stora...

We have developed a modelisation of the Yb:Er glass laser system for pulsed regime. The model is first validated in CW regime with a good agreement with experimental values. The agreement in Q-switch mode is only qualitative. Nevertheless, tendences are outlined due to the particular dynamical behaviour of a codoped system. Especially, we pointed out the possibility of achieving Q-switch operat...