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Plasma opening switch-load coupling on ACE 4
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12th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams. BEAMS'98. Proceedings (Cat. No.98EX103) High-power particle beams High-Power Particle Beams, 1998. BEAMS '98. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on. 1:338-341 vol.1 1998
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Plasma opening switches (POS) are a key technology in inductive energy storage based pulsed power applications. It has been observed on HAWK, DPM1, and ACE 4 that the geometry downstream of the POS plasma injection region can have a significant effect on POS-load coupling. However, the correlation between performance and geometry is not well understood. POS-load coupling has been investigated for the 9 cm radius, ACE 4 coaxial POS. This study provides insight into the coupling of the POS driving an inductive load and guidance in the design for coupling to an e-beam diode. It also complements the work reported at this meeting by Coleman et al. and Don Parks et al.