Fiber-optically controlled pulsed power switches

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 3, 2008, Pages 2533-2540

  Zutavern, Fred J ^a   Glover, Steven F ^a   Reed, Kim W ^a   Cich, Michael J ^a   Mar, Alan ^a   Swalby, Michael E ^a   Saiz, Therese A ^a   Horry, Michael L ^a   Gruner, Fred R ^b   White, Forest E ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Kinetech LLC   (United States)

^c KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Fiber optic triggers; Gain; High voltage triggers; Jitter; Low jitter triggers; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs); Pulsed power trigger generators (TGs); Semiconductor lasers; Triggering pulsed power switches

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; JITTER; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POWER TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SWITCHES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

FIBER-OPTIC TRIGGERS; GAIN; HIGH VOLTAGE TRIGGERS; LOW JITTER TRIGGERS; OPTICAL PULSES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES (PCSSS); PULSED POWER TRIGGER GENERATORS (TGS); TRIGGERING PULSED POWER SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 60049097224     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2004367     Document Type: Article

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