Vacuum inductive store/pulse compression experiments on a high power accelerator using plasma opening switches
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 42 (11) , 943-945
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93807
Abstract
The first results of experiments using plasma opening switches for inductive energy storage are described. The switch has been shown to conduct up to 200‐kA current for ∼50 ns then to open in <10 ns, transferring the current to an electron beam load. Inductive energy storage, pulse compression, and power multiplication are demonstrated. A simple model explaining the switch operation is presented.Keywords
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