Long Life Rotating ARC Gap Coaxial Switch for MEGA-AMP, Kilo-Coulomb, High Action Switching of Multi-MJ Capacitor Banks

Author

Jaitly, N.C. ; White, Roger ; Cassany, Bruno ; Eyl, Patrick ; de Cervens, Dominique Rubin ; Mexmain, Jean-Marc

Author_Institution

Sci. Div., Titan Pulse, San Diego, CA

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 June 2005

Firstpage

643

Lastpage

646

Abstract

Titan Pulse Sciences Division (Titan) has developed and extensively tested a scaled down version of the rotating arc gap (RAG) switch that had been previously considered for the National Ignition Facility laser system capacitor banks at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The new switch is a candidate for the French CEA mega-Joule laser (LMJ) power conditioning system; switching 250 kA and < 75 Cb per shot at 24 kV with an expected 10,000 shot life before major maintenance.

Keywords

arcs (electric); capacitor storage; maintenance engineering; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; National Ignition Facility laser system capacitor banks; Titan Pulse Sciences Division; high action switching; long life rotating arc gap coaxial switch; mega-Joule laser power conditioning system; multi-MJ capacitor banks; Capacitors; Coaxial components; Ignition; Laboratories; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Power conditioning; Power lasers; Switches; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9189-6

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9190-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2005.300741

Filename

4084297