DocumentCode :
739587
Title :
Effects of Optical Pulse Parameters on a Pulsed UV-Illuminated Switch and Their Adjusting Methods
Author :
Li, Junna ; Chen, Weiqing ; Chen, Zhiqiang ; Tang, Junping ; Jia, Wei ; Guo, Fan ; Yang, Tian ; Qiu, Aici ; Zhao, Junping ; Zhang, Qiaogen
Author_Institution :
State Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an, China
Volume :
43
Issue :
9
fYear :
2015
Firstpage :
3293
Lastpage :
3297
Abstract :
Ultraviolet (UV) illumination can effectively shorten the statistical lag and jitter in gas breakdown processes. The spark gap discharge can produce abundant spectrum including UV waveband. In this paper, a simple but reliable spark gap operating with 
at atmospheric pressure is used to test optical radiation characteristics, such as spectrum intensity, rise time, fall time, and duration of optical pulse, which are adjusted by changing the circuit or configuration parameters. Three UV-illuminated switches with different UV spark gap configurations have been tested. The experimental results approve our assumption. With a uniform electric field UV spark gap, the breakdown voltage standard deviation percentage of the switch is 0.74%.
Keywords :
Discharges (electric); Lighting; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Sparks; Breakdown characteristics; jitter; optical pulse parameter; pulsed power technology; pulsed switch; ultraviolet (UV) illumination; ultraviolet (UV) illumination.;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0093-3813
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2015.2457955
Filename :
7177097
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