Repetitive plasma opening switch in the magnetic field

Author

Barinov, N.U. ; Belenki, G.S. ; Dolgachev, G.I. ; Kovalev, Yu.I. ; Maslennikov, D.D. ; Nitishinski, M.S. ; Ushakov, A.G. ; Zakatov, L.P.

Author_Institution

Kurchatov (I.V.) Inst. of Atomic Energy, Moscow, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 July 1995

Firstpage

1098

Abstract

The report represents the results of experimental research into the plasma opening switch (POS) in an applied longitudinal magnetic field. Applying magnetic field on an area of the POS reduced the electron component of the current through the POS on a stage of sharp increase of the resistance. The POS which has been chosen for the experiments is one of the versions which the authors used in the repetitive pulsed power X-ray generator RS-20. The parameters of the the electron accelerator are as follows: electron energy 2.5 MeV; electron beam current 10-20 kA; pulse width 100 ns; and average power 10-20 kW. The scheme of the electron diode which is represented allowed X-ray flow focusing.

Keywords

X-ray production; electron accelerators; magnetic fields; plasma switches; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power switches; 10 to 20 kA; 10 to 20 kW; 100 ns; 2.5 MeV; RS-20 X-ray generator; X-ray flow focusing; electron accelerator; electron beam current; electron component; electron diode; electron energy; longitudinal magnetic field; plasma opening switch; repetitive pulsed power supply; Diodes; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Magnetic fields; Magnetic switching; Plasmas; Power generation; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2791-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1995.599760

Filename

599760