Title :
Investigation of high current plasma opening switch at low gas pressure
Author :
Yuferov, V. ; Skibenko, E. ; Onishchenko, I. ; Artyuch, V. ; Druy, O.
Author_Institution :
NSC Kharkov Inst. of Phys. & Technol., Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
The high power plasma opening switch (POS), combined with the inductive energy storage, can be applied in the power electron accelerator of microsecond operation. The POS discharge characteristics should be stabilized and governed. In the present work the POS behaviour in dependence on gas pressure, kind of gas, temporal input of plasma density, its spatial distribution, extent of plasma ionization, its averaged charge has been investigated to attain the commuted current enhancement.
Keywords :
electron accelerators; inductive energy storage; ionisation; plasma density; plasma switches; pulsed power switches; averaged charge; commuted current enhancement; discharge characteristics stabilisation; gas pressure; high current plasma opening switch; inductive energy storage; low gas pressure; plasma density; plasma ionization; power electron accelerator; spatial distribution; Guns; Microwave measurements; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma sources; Pulse measurements; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5498-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1999.823741
