Electrically triggered water switches

Conference Record of the International Power Modulator Symposium and High Voltage Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 449-452

  Xiao, S ^a   Sun, Y ^b   Kolb, J ^a   Pliquett, U ^a   Heeren, T ^a   Akiyama, H ^c   Schoenbach, K H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GLASS; JITTER; METALS; MODULATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SWITCHES; TUNGSTEN;

BREAKDOWN (BD); DELAY-TIME; GAP VOLTAGES; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS (HEF); HIGH-VOLTAGE (HV); INTERNATIONAL (CO); LASER SWITCHING; PULSE DURATION (PD); TRIGATRON; TRIGGER PULSE; TRIGGER SYSTEMS; TRIGGER VOLTAGES; TRIPLE POINTS; TUNGSTEN WIRES; WATER SWITCHES;

METALLIZING;

EID: 48349132380     PISSN: 10768467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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