Electrical Parameters of High Current Capillary Discharge Device

Author

Schmidt, J. ; Kolacek, K. ; Frolov, Oleksandr ; Prukner, Vaclav ; Straus, Jaroslav

Author_Institution

Inst. of Plasma Phys., Acad. of Sci. of the Czech Republic, Prague

fYear

2006

fDate

14-18 May 2006

Firstpage

515

Lastpage

517

Abstract

The CAPEX-U (capillary experiment -upgrade) apparatus has been developed as an XUV source based on high-current capillary discharge. Our main motivation for building such a new device was to create the XUV source with amplification of spontaneous emission at shorter wavelengths (below 20 nm), which have more practical applications. The preliminary experimental results of the assembled apparatus were obtained, especially the capillary current signal, and the time development of the pulse-forming-line voltage. The comparison of these experimental results with calculated/predicted values is reported in this paper as well

Keywords

power capacitors; pulse generators; spark gaps; ultraviolet radiation effects; CAPEX-U; XUV source; capillary experimental upgrade apparatus; electrical parameter; high current capillary discharge device; pulse-forming-line voltage; spontaneous emission amplification; Argon; Assembly; Capacitors; Fault location; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Sparks; Spontaneous emission; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2006. Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0018-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0019-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365299

Filename

4216251