High-voltage pulse generator with high repetition rate

Six-stage Arkadiev-Marx generator with the voltage of upto 300 kV and repetition rate upto 100 pulses/s is described. Generator is aimed at forming charged particle high current beams and pulses of hard x radiation, electrical distruction and materials treatment, gas laser pumping. Generator capacitance in discharge is 1.7 or 4.2 nF, peak energy in a pulse 180 J, the pulse half height duration during capacitive load is 3-4.5 μs. Estimation of generator commutation system lifetime have shown that it is limited by the service life of controlled spark gaps and is ∼ 107 operations