DELPHI accelerator: Photoconductive switch development

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5886586

Zutavern, F; Loubriel, G; O'Malley, M; Blankenship, D; McKenzie, B

The present design for the DELPHI accelerator demands several high power switches which will close and open (toggle) repetitively at 25 MHz. They must stand off 250 kV and interrupt 5 kA. To meet this requirement, large-scale photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) are being developed. Discussed here are immediate goals and recent results including 82 kV/cm and 2 kA with a single 1 inch diameter by 0.025 inch thick silicon wafer.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5886586
• Report Number(s): SAND-87-2400C; CONF-8709146-15; ON: DE88001361
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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