%0 Conference Paper %A Kowalczuk, Emma K. %A Seager, Rob %A Panagamuwa, Chinthana %D 2017 %T Power handling of a photoconductive microwave switch %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Power_handling_of_a_photoconductive_microwave_switch/9556016 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17187899 %K Photoconductive switch %K Optical control %K Fiber optic %K Silicon %K Linearity %K Microwave switch %K Reconfigurable antenna %K Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified %X The power handling performance of a photoconductive microwave switch up to an RF input power of 44dBm (25W) is presented. The switch consists of a lightly doped die of silicon mounted over a gap in a transmission line. A 2GHz signal is applied through the switch and the 1dB compression point is analysed. %I Loughborough University