Spark gap triggering with photoconductive switches
Spark gap triggering with photoconductive switches
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DOI：
10.1109/ppc.1999.823738
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发表时间：
1999-06
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通讯作者：
J. Mayes;W. Carey;W. Nunnally
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作者：
J. Mayes;W. Carey;W. Nunnally
光电导开关非常适合用于触发火花隙，因为触发事件很短并且需要非常少的能量。光电开关提供短持续时间的快速上升脉冲，具有几十kV的电压电平和几十ps的抖动，并且在设计上可以非常简单，而典型的触发源需要多级来产生有效触发相同电势的火花隙所需的几十kV，并且通常遭受缓慢的上升时间。本文介绍了利用光电开关触发火花隙的方法。讨论了线性和非线性光开关及其相关问题。
Photoconductive switches are well suited for triggering spark gaps since the triggering event is short and requires very little energy. Photoswitches offer fast-rising pulses of short duration with voltage levels of several tens of kV and tens of ps jitter and can be very simple in design, whereas typical trigger sources require multiple stages to generate tens of kV needed to effectively trigger a spark gap of the same potential and usually suffer from slow risetimes. This paper presents methods aimed at triggering spark gaps with photoswitches. Both linear and nonlinear photoswitches are discussed and their associated problems are presented.