A terawatt pulse-power generator with a microsecond plasma-opening switch

Author

Bugaev, Sergei P. ; Volkov, Alexander M. ; Iskol´dsky, A.M. ; Kim, Alexander A. ; Koval´chuk, B.M. ; Kokshenev, Vladimir A. ; Mesyats, Gennady A. ; Novikov, Alexander A. ; Yakovlev, Valery P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Current Electron., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, USSR

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

118

Abstract

A review of the first experiments with the GIT-4 generator is given. GIT-4 is based on the results obtained previously on Gamma (1985) and Marina (1986) generators and has operated since December 1986. GIT-4 is designed to test the concept of a terawatt pulsed-power generator based on the direct charging of an inductive storage from a Marx primary store using a plasma-opening switch (POS) at currents up to several mega-amperes. Such generators need a POS with essentially microsecond conduction times. In the experiments reviewed, output powers up to 2.5 TW in the POS region were obtained at current levels up to 1 MA

Keywords

plasma switches; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 1 MA; 2.5 TW; GIT-4; Marx primary store; inductive storage; microsecond conduction times; microsecond plasma-opening switch; terawatt pulse-power generator; Anodes; Capacitance; DC generators; Guns; Inductance; Plasma density; Power generation; Pulse generation; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.45513

Filename

45513