Gas-puff z-pinch driven by inductive pulsed power generator

Inductive energy storage pulsed power generator ASO-II was used as a power source of gas-puff z-pinch. A uniform discharge was obtained, and a z-pinch implosion occurred at higher driving current than that of fast bank. The intensity of soft x-ray radiated from the plasma was larger than that from the plasma driven by the fast bank. From the observation of hot spots by a pin-hole camera, the spatial positions of hot spots did not much move shot to shot. These results are very important for industorial applications of the gas-puff z-pinch.