Camelot-A Novel Concept for a Multiterawatt Pulse Power Generator for Single Pulse, Burst, or Repetition Rate Operation

Abstract

Superpower pulse generators are fast establishing themselves internationally as candidates for employment in a wide variety of military applications including electronic warfare and jamming, high energy beam weapons, and nuclear weapons effects simulation. Unfortunately, existing multimegajoule pulse power generators such as AURORA do not satisfy many Department of Defense goals for field-adaptable weapon systems-for example, repetition (rep) rate operation, high reliability, long life, ease of operation, and low maintenance. The Camelot concept is a multiterawatt rep ratable pulse power source, adaptable to a wide range of output parameters-both charged particles and photons. An analytical computer model has been developed to predict the power flowing through the device. A 5-year development program, culminating in a source region electromagnetic pulse simulator, is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103024

Entities

People

  • Alexander G. Stewart

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Compressors
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electromagnetic Pulse Simulators
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Energy
  • Generators
  • High Energy
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • Pulse Transformers
  • Pulsed Power
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution