High voltage switch triggered by a laser-photocathode subsystem
Patent
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OSTI ID:1176493
A spark gap switch for controlling the output of a high voltage pulse from a high voltage source, for example, a capacitor bank or a pulse forming network, to an external load such as a high gradient electron gun, laser, pulsed power accelerator or wide band radar. The combination of a UV laser and a high vacuum quartz cell, in which a photocathode and an anode are installed, is utilized as triggering devices to switch the spark gap from a non-conducting state to a conducting state with low delay and low jitter.
- Research Organization:
- DULY Research Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-02ER83402
- Assignee:
- DULY Research Inc. (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,350,472
- Application Number:
- 12/660,890
- OSTI ID:
- 1176493
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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