Auston switch

An Auston switch (also known as a photoconductive switch) is an optically gated antenna that is commonly used in the generation and detection of pulsed terahertz radiation.[1] It is named after the physicist David H. Auston who first developed the technology at Bell Labs in the 1960s.[2]

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  2. ^ Siegel, Peter H. (September 2011). "Terahertz Pioneer: David H. Auston" (PDF). IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. 1 (1): 6–8. Bibcode:2011ITTST...1....6S. doi:10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2151130. S2CID 42732371. Retrieved 4 November 2014.