Plasma Erosion Opening Switch in the Double-Pulse Operation Mode of a High-Current Electron Accelerator

Autor:	I. F. Isakov, Gennady E. Remnev, V.S. Lopatin
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Materials science Load control switch business.industry Pulse generator Electrical engineering Plasma Condensed Matter Physics Inductor Pulse (physics) Electrical equipment Arc flash Optoelectronics business Diode
Zdroj:	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 15:692-694
ISSN:	1939-9375 0093-3813
DOI:	10.1109/tps.1987.4316780
Popis:	This paper reports the results of investigations of the operation of a fast current opening switch, with a 1013-1016 plasma density produced either by dielectric surface flashover or by explosive emission of graphite. A series of two pulses was applied to two diodes in parallel. The first pulse produced plasma in the first diode which closed that diode gap by the arrival time of the second pulse. The first, shorted, diode then acted as an erosion switch for the second pulse. A factor of 2.5-3 power multiplication was obtained under optimum conditions. The opening-switch resistance during the magnetic insulation phase, neglecting the electron losses between the switch and the generating diode, exceeded 100 ?. The duration of the rapid opening phase was less than 5 ns under optimum conditions. This method of plasma production does not require external plasma sources, and permits a wide variation of plasma density, which in turn allows high inductor currents and stored energies.
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