Laser-triggered low timing jitter coaxial marx generator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1431-1434

  Kusama, Hideaki ^a   Yagi, Takashi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Laser trigger; Low jitter; Marx generator; Multigap switch

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRODES; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOEMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MARX GENERATORS; MULTIGAP SWITCHES;

ELECTRON SOURCES;

EID: 0031338268     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.650914     Document Type: Article

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