Plasma opening switch using plasmas produced by a pulsed CO2 laser

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Ihara, S. [1 ]
Mori, S. [1 ]
Ishimine, M. [1 ]
Satoh, S. [1 ]
Yamabe, Ch. [1 ]
Akiyama, H. [1 ]
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[1] Saga Univ, Saga, Japan
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| 1998年 / JJAP, Tokyo, Japan卷 / 37期
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Plasma opening switches were studied using laser-produced plasmas. In this paper, a CO2 laser (5 J/pulse, 5.5 MW peak power and 10.6 μm wavelength) was used as the plasma source of a plasma opening switch (POS). The plasma parameters were measured using a Faraday cup, a Langmuir probe and a monochromator. It was found that ions with fast flow velocity are required to obtain a short opening time, and thermalized plasma with low velocity lengthens the opening time. However, POS operation was improved by switch modification despite the existence of thermalized plasmas.
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