A megawatt solid-state modulator for high repetition rate pulse generation

作者:Wang Y*; Pribyl P; Gekelman W
来源:Review of Scientific Instruments, 2016, 87(2): 023509.
DOI:10.1063/1.4941678

摘要

A novel solid-state modulator capable of generating rapid consecutive power pulses is constructed to facilitate experiments on plasma interaction with high power microwave pulses. The modulator is designed to output a 100 kHz tone burst, which consists of up to 10 pulses, each with 1 mu s duration and 1 MW peak power. The pulses are formed by discharging a total of 480 mu F capacitors through 24 synchronized MOSFETs and 6 step-up transformers. The highly modular design, as a replacement of an old single-pulse version used in earlier experiments which employs a pulse forming network, brings great flexibility and wide potential to its application. A systematic cost-effectiveness analysis is also presented.

  • 出版日期2016-2

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