Title :
Power gain using a short-conduction-time POS to drive an e-beam diode at 4 MV
Author :
Commisso, R.J. ; Weber, B.V. ; Stephanakis, S.J. ; Swanekamp, S.B. ; Young, Frederic ; Goyer, J.R. ; Sincerny, P.S. ; Spence, P.W. ; Pereira, N.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Phys. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. The plasma opening switch (POS) has been used for vacuum power conditioning in pulsed power systems. In this work, we report on experiments coupling a 0.5-MA and 3-MA conduction-current, <100-ns conduction-time POS to an e-beam diode load at a POS voltage of /spl sim/4 MV. This investigation differs from previous POS work at this voltage, in that a conventional, pinched-beam diode is used and the goal is to optimize the POS-load coupling to maximize the forward-directed bremsstrahlung dose rate and reduce the x-ray pulse width.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; bremsstrahlung; plasma switches; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; 0.5 MA; 3 MA; 4 MV; Gamble II generator; Monte-Carlo radiation modeling; PITHON generator; X-ray pulse width; diode impedance; electron-beam diode drive; forward-directed bremsstrahlung dose rate; geometrical impedance; higher-current regime; pinched-beam diode; power gain; short-conduction-time plasma opening switch; switch-load coupling; vacuum power conditioning; voltage diagnostics; Diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2002. ICOPS 2002. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 29th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7407-X
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2002.1030455
