A terawatt pulsed-power generator with a microsecond plasma-opening switch--

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.45513· OSTI ID:6846998

Bugaev, S P; Volkov, A M; Kim, A A; Koval'chuk, B M; Kokshenev, V A; Novikov, A A; Yakovlev, V P ^[1]; Iskol'dsky, A M; Mesyats, G A ^[2]

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1. Institute of High Current Electronics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, 4 Akademichesky Ave., Tomsk 634055 (SU)
2. Institute of Electrophysics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, 91 Pervomaiskaya Street, GSP-169, Sverdlovsk 620219 (SU)

A review of the first experiments with the GIT-4 generator is given. GIT-4 is based on the results obtained previously on Gamma and Marina generators, and has operated since 1986. GIT-4 is designed to test the concept of a terawatt pulsed-power generator based on the direct charging of an inductive storage from a Marx primary store using a plasma-opening switch (POS) at currents up to several MA. Such generators need a POS with essentially microsecond conduction times that are widely investigated at present, as well as the POS with nanosecond conduction time. In the experiments reviewed, output power up to 2.5 TW in the POS region was obtained at current levels up to l MA.

• OSTI ID: 6846998
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) Vol. 18:1; ISSN 0093-3813; ISSN ITPSB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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