Fast high-voltage pulse generator with nonlinear transmission line for high repetition rate operation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-271

  Ibuka, Shinji ^a   Abe, KeN'Ichi ^a   Miyazawa, Takehiro ^a   Ishii, Akira ^a   Ishii, Shozo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CAPACITORS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRIC LINES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SOLITONS; THYRISTORS; XENON;

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0031124145     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602498     Document Type: Article

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