Operational window for a plasma erosion opening switch used for voltage multiplication on pulsed power generators
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5580965
The Plasma Erosion Opening Switch (PEOS) is a fast opening switch which has been shown to be capable of conducting megampere-level currents before opening in <10 ns. Such a switch can be used for inductive storage in order to compress the output from conventional pulsed power generator in order to achieve voltage and power multiplication. An operational window is described herein which illustrates the voltage regime made accessible for a given machine by the switch.
- Research Organization:
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (USA). Plasma Physics Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-79DP40092
- OSTI ID:
- 5580965
- Report Number(s):
- NRL-Memo-5591; ON: DE85013088
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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