1. A Tesla-type long-pulse generator with wide flat-top width based on a double-width pulse-forming line
- Author
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Yafeng Pan, Jian-Cang Su, Xibo Zhang, Fan Xuliang, Sheng Liu, and Fan Hongyan
- Subjects
010302 applied physics ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Pulse generator ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Generator (circuit theory) ,Quality (physics) ,Optics ,0103 physical sciences ,Waveform ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Coaxial ,business ,Microwave ,Pulse-width modulation ,Diode - Abstract
To produce pulses with good flat-top quality, pulse-forming lines (PFLs) have been widely used in the field of Tesla-type pulse generators. To shorten the physical length of the PFL, a double-width PFL (DWPFL) is proposed that doubles the output pulse width while maintaining flat-top quality. A repetitively 10 GW Tesla-type long-pulse generator producing pulses with flat-top width of about 110 ns was developed with a coaxial DWPFL to produce high-current electron beams. Electron beams of about 10 GW with flat-top widths of about 110 ns were obtained on a planar vacuum diode load. With this pulse generator and a C-band high-power microwave system, microwaves of ~2.2 GW power and full-width at half-maximum of 101 ns were generated. The experiment demonstrates the feasibility and ideal output waveform quality of the DWPFL.
- Published
- 2018