High-power, repetitive-stacked blumlein pulsers commutated by a single switching element

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1463-1475

  Davanloo, Farzin ^a   Collins, Carl B ^a   Agée, Forrest J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche type gaas switches; Blumlein pulsers; Commutation with a single switch; Compact pulsers; High energy density devices; High power repetitive pulser; Photoconductive switching; Stacked blumlein pulsers

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; ELECTRIC SPARK GAPS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; THYRATRONS;

BLUMLEIN PULSERS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITY DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES; STACKED BLUMLEIN PULSE GENERATORS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0032181381     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.736041     Document Type: Article

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