Title :
A Multi-Channel Pulser for the SLC Thermionic Electron Source
Author :
Browne, M.J. ; Clendenin, J.E. ; Corredoura, P.L. ; Jobe, R.K. ; Koontz, R.F. ; Sodja, J.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
Abstract :
A new pulser developed for the SLC thermionic gun has been operational since September 1984. It consists of two planar triode amplifiers with a common output triode driving the gun cathode to produce two independent pulses of up to 9 A with a 3 nsec FWHM pulse width. Three long-pulse amplifiers are also connected to the cathode to produce pulses with widths controllable between 100 nsec and 1.6 ¿sec. Each amplifier has independent timing and amplitude control through a fiber optic link to the high voltage plane of the gun cathode-grid structure. The pulser and its operating characteristics are described.
Keywords :
Cathodes; Electron sources; Optical amplifiers; Optical control; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1985.4333738
