Design and testing of the 5 kHz, 3 MW thyratron modulators for ETA II

Author

Newton, M.A. ; Birx, D.L. ; Ollis, C.W. ; Reginato, L.L. ; Smith, M.E. ; Watson, J.A.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

20-22 Jun 1988

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

74

Abstract

The Experimental Test Accelerator (ETA) II is a high-average-power linear induction accelerator built to support free-electron-laser research. Magnetic pulse compression and high-power thyratron modulators are used to generate the 125 kV accelerator drive pulses. The authors describe the design and testing of the 5 kHz, 3 MW thyratron modulators for the ETA II. The power conditioning system and the pulse timing requirements are described, and the operation of the ETA II system is discussed

Keywords

collective accelerators; modulators; pulsed power technology; thyratrons; 125 kV; 3 MW; 5 kHz; ETA II; Experimental Test Accelerator; free-electron-laser research; linear induction accelerator; power conditioning system; pulse timing; thyratron modulators; Induction generators; Life estimation; Linear accelerators; Magnetic modulators; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Testing; Thyratrons; Time of arrival estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 1988. IEEE Conference Record of the 1988 Eighteenth

Conference_Location

Hilton Head, SC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.1988.26238

Filename

26238