Fast optically triggered superconducting switch for high-power voltage transient generation

Author

Balevicius, Saulius ; Jukna, A. ; Satkovskis, E. ; Kiprijanovic, O. ; Pyragas, V. ; Vengalis, B. ; Lisauskas, V. ; Anisimovas, F. ; Butkutc, R. ; Abrutis, A. ; Altgilbers, L.

Author_Institution

Semicond.. Phys. Inst., Vilnius, Lithuania

Volume

2

fYear

1999

Firstpage

720

Abstract

It was shown that the generation by a superconducting, light triggered switch of electrical pulses having sub-nanosecond rise times and high (up to several hundred V) amplitudes is due to the simultaneous optical and electrical demolishing of the superconducting state. The biasing of the superconductor by a short (nanosecond) electric pulse up to the appearance of the "mixed" state significantly decreases the energy of the light pulse necessary for high-power voltage transient generation.

Keywords

high-temperature superconductors; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; superconducting switches; YBaCuO; high-power voltage transient generation; light pulse energy; optically triggered superconducting switch; sub-nanosecond rise times; superconducting state; superconductor biasing; Lighting; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Power system transients; Pulse generation; Superconducting films; Superconducting transmission lines; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5498-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1999.823614

Filename

823614