Plasma Switch Development.

Abstract

The work relates to two opening switch concepts that may be applied to inductive store/pulse compression techniques for various pulsed power applications. The opening switch concepts that are the subject of this final report are the electron-beam controlled switch and the plasma dynamic switch.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 1984
Accession Number
ADA143233

Entities

People

  • R. J. Commisso

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Charged Particles
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Arcs
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Transfer
  • Generators
  • Geometry
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Measurement
  • Pulse Compression
  • Pulsed Power
  • Spark Gaps

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems