Electron-Beam Switches For A High Peak Power Sled-II Pulse Compressor

Technical Report · Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1227594· OSTI ID:1227594

Hirshfield, Jay, L. ^[1]

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1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Omega-P demonstrated triggered electron-beam switches on the L=2 m dual-delay-line X-band pulse compressor at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). In those experiments, with input pulses of up to 9 MW from the Omega-P/NRL X-band magnicon, output pulses having peak powers of 140-165 MW and durations of 16-20 ns were produced, with record peak power gains M of 18-20. Switch designs are described based on the successful results that should be suitable for use with the existing SLAC SLED-II delay line system, to demonstrate C=9, M=7, and n>>78%, yielding 173ns compressed pulses with peak powers up to 350MW with input of a single 50-MW.

• Research Organization: Omega-P, Inc., New Haven, CT (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0009607
• OSTI ID: 1227594
• Report Number(s): DE-SC000907; P78
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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