论文信息 - A fast‐opening switch for use in REB diode experiments

A fast‐opening switch for use in REB diode experiments

The operating characteristics of a plasma‐filled fast‐opening switch and its performance in pinching experiments on Sandia’s Proto I accelerator (double sided, 2 MV, 7.2 Ω, 24 nsec each side) are described. The growth of a sheath between the plasma and the cathode of the switch is the mechanism responsible for the switch impedance rising from 0.1 to 50 Ω in 10 nsec. The effect of this switch on diode prepulse and machine turn‐on transient suppression is discussed.

C. W. Mendel | S. A. Goldstein | C. Mendel | S. Goldstein

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