Investigation of the Self Magnetic Pinch Diode on PIM as a Radiographic Source

Author

Clough, S. ; Thomas, K. ; Williamson, M. ; Jones, A.

Author_Institution

AWE, Reading

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 June 2005

Firstpage

1137

Lastpage

1140

Abstract

PIM is a water filled Blumlein connected, in parallel, to one or two 1.5 MV, cavities which inductively add voltage on a high impedance (100 Ohm) vacuum transmission line. A self-magnetic pinch configured diode was tested on this 1-3 MV IVA pulse power machine and an investigation into the performance of this radiographic diode was made using simple hollow cathodes with a plane, grounded anode configuration. Time dependant resolution of the total radiation obtained and a 2.5 mm diameter (AWE defined) source was demonstrated. Closing either one or two of the PFL switches on PIM was used to investigate the effects of rise time and peak voltage on the diode.

Keywords

magnetic devices; pinch effect; pulsed power technology; radiography; PFL switches; high impedance vacuum transmission line; peak voltage; prototype IVA module; pulse power machine; radiographic source; rise time; self magnetic pinch diode; size 2.5 mm; time dependant resolution; voltage 1 MV to 3 MV; voltage 3 MV; water filled Blumlein; Aluminum; Cathodes; Diodes; Impedance; Optical pulse generation; Radiography; Silver; Switches; Testing; Voltage;

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.2005.300537

Filename

4084423