Plasma Switch for High-Power Active Pulse Compressor
Abstract
Results are presented from experiments carried out at the Naval Research Laboratory X-band magnicon facility on a two-channel X-band active RF pulse compressor that employed plasma switches. Experimental evidence is shown to validate the basic goals of the project, which include: simultaneous firing of plasma switches in both channels of the RF circuit, operation of quasi-optical 3-dB hybrid directional coupler coherent superposition of RF compressed pulses from both channels, and operation of the X-band magnicon directly in the RF pulse compressor. For incident 1.2 ?s pulses in the range 0.63 ? 1.35 MW, compressed pulses of peak powers 5.7 ? 11.3 MW were obtained, corresponding to peak power gain ratios of 8.3 ? 9.3. Insufficient bakeout and conditioning of the high-power RF circuit prevented experiments from being conducted at higher RF input power levels.
- Authors:
-
- Omega-P, Inc.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Omega-P, Inc.
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1098136
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-ER/83063-p27- FINAL REPORT
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-00ER83063
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RF pulse compressor, plasma switches, active pulse compression
Citation Formats
Hirshfield, Jay L. Plasma Switch for High-Power Active Pulse Compressor. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.2172/1098136.
Hirshfield, Jay L. Plasma Switch for High-Power Active Pulse Compressor. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1098136
Hirshfield, Jay L. 2013.
"Plasma Switch for High-Power Active Pulse Compressor". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1098136. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1098136.
@article{osti_1098136,
title = {Plasma Switch for High-Power Active Pulse Compressor},
author = {Hirshfield, Jay L.},
abstractNote = {Results are presented from experiments carried out at the Naval Research Laboratory X-band magnicon facility on a two-channel X-band active RF pulse compressor that employed plasma switches. Experimental evidence is shown to validate the basic goals of the project, which include: simultaneous firing of plasma switches in both channels of the RF circuit, operation of quasi-optical 3-dB hybrid directional coupler coherent superposition of RF compressed pulses from both channels, and operation of the X-band magnicon directly in the RF pulse compressor. For incident 1.2 ?s pulses in the range 0.63 ? 1.35 MW, compressed pulses of peak powers 5.7 ? 11.3 MW were obtained, corresponding to peak power gain ratios of 8.3 ? 9.3. Insufficient bakeout and conditioning of the high-power RF circuit prevented experiments from being conducted at higher RF input power levels.},
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year = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013},
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