Published April 7, 1987 | Version v1
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High voltage, high power operation of the plasma erosion opening switch

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Description

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 ∼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

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE87008692.

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10 p.
Report number
NRL-MR--5948

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18096890
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
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Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOILS; IMPEDANCE; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PLASMA SWITCHES; POLYETHYLENES; POWER SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
DATA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; SWITCHES; TESTING

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