High peak power and high average power subnanosecond modulator operating at a repetition frequency of 3.5 kHz

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1700-1704

  Yalandin, Michael I ^a   Lyubutin, Sergei K ^a   Oulmascoulov, Marat R ^a   Rukin, Sergei N ^a   Shpak, Valery G ^a   Shunailov, Sergei A ^a   Slovikovsky, Boris G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTROPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chopping spark gap; Peaking spark gap; Recovery rate; Semiconductor opening switch; Subnanosecond

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ENERGY GAP; MODULATORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER ELECTRONICS; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CHOPPING SPARK GAP; HIGH PEAK POWER; OUTPUT RESISTANCE; PULSE BURST MODE; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SOLID STATE NANOSECOND CHARGER; SUBNANOSECOND MODULATOR;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0036826856     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.805383     Document Type: Article

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