Frequency Characteristics of a Subnanosecond Plasma Switch

Autor: D. E. Zakrevsky, P. A. Bokhan, M. A. Lavrukhin, P. P. Gugin
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Russian Physics Journal. 62:2059-2062
ISSN: 1573-9228
1064-8887
DOI: 10.1007/s11182-020-01945-4
Popis: Frequency characteristics of a subnanosecond plasma switch based on a combination of an open discharge or a discharge in a hollow cathode and a capillary discharge removed from the internal cavity of the plasma cathode are presented. It is shown that in the presence of an external screen that provides a capacitive discharge and hence, exclusion of the period of weak electron multiplication in the capillary from the delay mechanism of the discharge development, a high pulse repetition frequency is reached for different designs of the plasma cathode and the capillary section. It is demonstrated that at the voltage U = 30 kV, the pulse repetition frequency f = 100 kHz is reached for the capillary with round cross section at pHe ≤ 2.6 Torr and for the capillary with rectangular cross section at pHe ≤ 3.05 Torr.
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