The factors that limit both the continuous wave (CW) and the pulsed output power of broad-area laser diodes driven at very high currents are investigated theoretically and experimentally. The decrease in the gain due to self-heating under CW operation and spectral holeburning under pulsed operation, as well as heterobarrier carrier leakage and longitudinal spatial holeburning, are the dominant ...

This work presents a method for large signal characterization of avalanche photodiode (APD) where measurements were carried out using pulsed RF signal at different DC bias points to extract dispersive parameters of the avalanche photodiode. Pulsed optical excitation on the photodiode were synchronized with the pulsed RF signal using a synchronization circuit and in this way characterization of ...

Applied spectroscopy is a powerful diagnostic tool for high energy density plasmas produced with modern pulsed power facilities. These facilities create unique plasma environments with a broad range of electron densities 1013–1023 cm−3 and temperatures 100–103 eV immersed in strong magnetic 100 T and electric up to 1 GV/m fields. This paper surveys the application of plasma spectroscopy to diag...

This paper describes the Differential Pass Transistor Pulsed Latch (DPTPL) which enhances D-Q delay and reduce power consumption using NMOS pass transistors and feedback PMOS transistors. The proposed flip-flop uses the characteristic of stronger drivability of NMOS transistor than that of transmission gate if the sum of total transistor width is the same. Positive feedback PMOS transistors enh...

We consider a twisted magnetic Laplacian with Neumann condition on a smooth and bounded domain of R2 in the semiclassical limit h → 0. Under generic assumptions, we prove that the eigenvalues admit a complete asymptotic expansion in powers of h1/4.

A thrust stand was modified, and a primary calibration technique was developed to evaluate the performance of applied-field pulsed magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters (MPDTs) for 10 kW class solar electric orbit transfer vehicle (SEOTV) missions. The NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC) 30 kW thrust stand was modified to accept high current pulses delivered to the MPDT. A pendulum system was developed ...