Photoconductive switch laser diode driver

A method for driving one or more laser diodes, comprising:

• applying a voltage input to an input port of a diode driver system,
• wherein the diode driver system comprises:
• one or more inductors in a series connection with the one or more laser diodes,
• a photoconductive switch coupled with the one or more inductors,
• wherein the photoconductive switch comprises two electrodes, a semiconducting material connected to the two electrodes, a capacitor, and an optical source,
• the one or more laser diodes, and
• a terminating load coupled to the one or more laser diodes;
• and
• operating the optical source of the photoconductive switch to emit an optical beam such that, upon the optical beam being emitted to the semiconducting material, a current is established between the two electrodes of the photoconductive switch,
• wherein the current drives the one or more laser diodes to emit a pulse having a pulse width that is smaller than 50 ps.