Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines

Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M.; Coleman, Phillip D.; Moorman, Matthew W.; Petney, Sharon Joy Victor; Dudley, Evan C.; Youngman, Kevin; Penner, Tim Dwight; Fang, Lu; Myers, Katherine M.

doi:10.1109/TPS.2015.2497233

Title: Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines

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Low and high voltage Soliton waves were produced and used to demonstrate collision and compression using diode based non-linear transmission lines (NLTL). Experiments demonstrate soliton addition and compression using homogeneous non-linear lines. The nonlinear lines were built using commercially available diodes, chosen after their capacitance voltage dependence is used in a model and the line operating characteristics are calculated and simulated. Nonlinear ceramic capacitors are then used to demonstrate high voltage pulse amplification and compression, with the line designed such that a simple capacitor discharge input signal develops soliton trains in as little as 12 stages. Results show some key features that determine efficient production of single and trains of solitons.

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Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M. ^[1]; Coleman, Phillip D. ^[1]; Moorman, Matthew W. ^[1]; Petney, Sharon Joy Victor ^[1]; Dudley, Evan C. ^[1]; Youngman, Kevin ^[1]; Penner, Tim Dwight ^[1]; Fang, Lu ^[1]; Myers, Katherine M. ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1237465

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1344465

Report Number(s):: SAND-2015-2218J; SAND-2014-19664J
Journal ID: ISSN 0093-3813; 579560; TRN: US1600637

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 43; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0093-3813

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; capacitors; diodes; n-p junction; nonlinear; solitons; transmission lines; transmission lines.

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                    Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M., Coleman, Phillip D., Moorman, Matthew W., Petney, Sharon Joy Victor, Dudley, Evan C., Youngman, Kevin, Penner, Tim Dwight, Fang, Lu, and Myers, Katherine M. Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M., Coleman, Phillip D., Moorman, Matthew W., Petney, Sharon Joy Victor, Dudley, Evan C., Youngman, Kevin, Penner, Tim Dwight, Fang, Lu, & Myers, Katherine M. Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2015.2497233

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                    Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M., Coleman, Phillip D., Moorman, Matthew W., Petney, Sharon Joy Victor, Dudley, Evan C., Youngman, Kevin, Penner, Tim Dwight, Fang, Lu, and Myers, Katherine M. Tue .  
"Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2015.2497233.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1237465.

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@article{osti_1237465,

  title        = {Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines},

  author       = {Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M. and Coleman, Phillip D. and Moorman, Matthew W. and Petney, Sharon Joy Victor and Dudley, Evan C. and Youngman, Kevin and Penner, Tim Dwight and Fang, Lu and Myers, Katherine M.},

  abstractNote = {Low and high voltage Soliton waves were produced and used to demonstrate collision and compression using diode based non-linear transmission lines (NLTL). Experiments demonstrate soliton addition and compression using homogeneous non-linear lines. The nonlinear lines were built using commercially available diodes, chosen after their capacitance voltage dependence is used in a model and the line operating characteristics are calculated and simulated. Nonlinear ceramic capacitors are then used to demonstrate high voltage pulse amplification and compression, with the line designed such that a simple capacitor discharge input signal develops soliton trains in as little as 12 stages. Results show some key features that determine efficient production of single and trains of solitons.},

  doi          = {10.1109/TPS.2015.2497233},

  journal      = {IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 43,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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