Plasma opening switch using plasmas produced by a pulsed CO2 laser

被引:2
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作者
Ihara, S
Mori, S
Ishimine, M
Satoh, S
Yamabe, C
Akiyama, H
机构
[1] Saga Univ, Sch Sci & Engn, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Saga 840, Japan
[2] Kumamoto Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Kumamoto 860, Japan
关键词
pulsed power; inductive energy storage system; plasma opening switch; laser-produced plasma; CO2; laser;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.37.4578
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
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 mu m 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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页码:4578 / 4581
页数:4
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