The invention provides a
photoconductive switch of a comb
electrode, which comprises a semi-insulating
gallium arsenide substrate layer, a low-temperature
gallium arsenide layer and an insulating protective layer, and is characterized in that the low-temperature
gallium arsenide layer is formed on the semi-insulating
gallium arsenide substrate layer, and the insulating protective layer is arranged on the low-temperature
gallium arsenide layer; a switch
anode and a switch
cathode are respectively formed on the inner side of the low-temperature
gallium arsenide layer surface insulation
protection layer; a comb-shaped
electrode is arranged on the surface of the low-temperature gallium arsenide layer and located at the switch
anode. According to the invention, by arranging the comb-shaped
electrode structure, a plurality of comb-tooth electrodes which are distributed in a staggered manner are formed in the electrode region, so that the action area of incident light and a
semiconductor active region is increased under an illumination condition, and generation and collection of
photon-generated carriers are facilitated; meanwhile, the distribution state of an
electric field near the electrode is improved, and the possibility of local
electric field concentration is reduced; in addition, a low-temperature gallium arsenide material is adopted as the photoconductive layer, the service life of a current carrier is short, and the device is suitable for photoelectric trigger application scenes with requirements for response speed and stability.