High voltage, high-power operation of the plasma-erosion opening switch. Interim report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6303777
A Plasma Erosion Opening Switch (PEOS) is used as the opening switch for a vacuum inductive storage system driven by a 1.8-MV, 1.6-TW pulsed power generator. A 135-nH vacuum inductor is current charged to about 750 kA in 50 ns through the closed PEOS which then opens in < 10 ns into an inverse ion diode load. Electrical diagnostics and nuclear activations from ions accelerated in the diode yield a peak load voltage (4.25 MV) and peak load power (2.8 TW) that are 2.4 and 1.8 times greater than ideal matched-load values for the same generator pulse.
- Research Organization:
- JAYCOR, Vienna, VA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6303777
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-180182/8/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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