EAGLE, a 2 TW Pulsed Power Research Facility

Abstract

EAGLE is an experimental pulse generator designed and built at Physics International Company (PI) for research in high-power switching, pulse compression, power flow, magnetic insulation, and dielectric breakdown. EAGLE is a wedge-shaped 1/20th "slice" (module) of ROULETTE, PI's conceptual design for a 40 to 50 TW, disk-shaped, modular accelerator designed to drive imploded plasma or particle beam loads. EAGLE's nominal design goals were a 100 ns, 2 TW, 2 MV, l MA pulse into a resistive load, or a 150 to 200 ns pulse at lower power. EAGLE has a 0.9 MJ Marx generator and four water-dielectric triplate transmission lines with adjustable impedances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA638168

Entities

People

  • D. E. Osias
  • D. F. Strachan
  • D. M. Barrett
  • G. B. Frazier
  • L. J. Demeter
  • M. S. Di Capua
  • P. Spence
  • R. Huff
  • R. Ryan
  • S. R. Ashby

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Compression
  • Energy
  • Generators
  • Impedance
  • Lepidoptera
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Particle Beams
  • Power
  • Pulse Compression
  • Pulse Generators
  • Pulsed Power
  • Radiation
  • Research Facilities
  • Spark Gaps
  • Switching
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics