Air breakdown times of two-stage spark gaps and their applications

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.256789· OSTI ID:142411

Tou, T Y; Seow, W S; Siew, W O; Beak, K W; Chen, Y H; Low, K S ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Inst. of Advanced Studies

The air breakdown times of a second spark formation, geometrically in series with a trigatron switching, have been studied and compared to that of a triggered spark gap. Despite a large breakdown jitter of {>=} 1 {mu}s in the trigatron, it was not observed to affect the electrical closure times of the series-connected second spark gap, which was triggered largely as a result of their direct electrical and optical couplings. While most of the multistage spark gaps were designed for fast and precision switching of high voltage, the air breakdown times of the second spark formation found a number of useful applications, particularly in achieving uniform glow discharge in pulsed gas lasers.

• OSTI ID: 142411
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 21; ISSN ITPSBD; ISSN 0093-3813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
ELECTRODES
GAS LASERS
GLOW DISCHARGES
SPARK GAPS
TIME DELAY