Experimental studies of a multigap gas switch for fast linear transformer drivers

Gaodianya Jishu/High Voltage Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-107

  Jiang, Xiao Feng ^a   Sun, Feng Ju ^a   Liang, Tian Xue ^a   Zeng, Jiang Tao ^a   Liu, Xuan Dong ^b   Yin, Jia Hui ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discharge characteristic; Fast linear transformer driver (FLTD); Gas switch; Low jitter; Multi channel discharge; Multi gap

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; GASES; HIGH POWER LASERS; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTIC; FAST LINEAR TRANSFORMER DRIVER (FLTD); GAS SWITCH; LOW JITTER; MULTI-CHANNEL DISCHARGE; MULTI-GAP;

JITTER;

EID: 63549145181     PISSN: 10036520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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