Nanosecond pulsed streamer discharges Part I: Generation, source-plasma interaction and energy-efficiency optimization

T Huiskamp - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Streamer discharges generated by nanosecond high-voltage pulses have gained attraction
for a variety of reasons, but mainly because they are very efficient for a number of plasma …

Comprehensive Overview of Power Electronics Intensive Solutions for High-Voltage Pulse Generators

Y Zhuge, J Liang, M Fu, T Long… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advancements in power semiconductors and converters, power electronics based
high-voltage pulse generators (HVPG) have emerged due to their advantages of high …

Determination of breakdown voltage along the surface of a cylindrical insulator

A Zhabin, AS De Ferron, L Ariztia… - … on Dielectrics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the electric breakdown along the surface of a cylindrical dielectric,
part of a coaxial transmission line. The particular geometry of the insulator is very common …

Theoretical and experimental studies of off-the-shelf V-dot probes

BM Novac, R Xiao, T Huiskamp… - … on Plasma Science, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces the work undertaken to reliably use off-the-shelf differentiating voltage
probes attached to coaxial transmission lines. The results obtained prove that indeed such …

Pulsed power generators

T Huiskamp, EJM van Heesch, AJM Pemen - Pulsed discharge plasmas …, 2023 - Springer
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An annular pulse forming line based on coaxial transmission lines

X Qiu, J Su, R Li, J Cheng, B Zeng, B Yu… - Review of Scientific …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The miniaturization, lightweight, and solidification of pulse forming lines (PFLs) are of prime
significance during the evolution of pulsed power technology. In this paper, an all-solid-state …

Generation of intense pulsed electric fields in a large volume of water verified using Kerr effect diagnostics

M Woodyard, BM Novac, P Senior… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A pulsed power system for generating intense pulsed electric fields (PEFs) in a very large
volume of water was designed, manufactured, and tested as a first step toward the proof-of …

Generation of intense PEFs using a prolate spheroidal reflector attached to the bipolar former of a 10-GW pulsed power generator

BM Novac, R Xiao, P Senior… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A prolate spheroidal reflector was designed, manufactured, and attached to a bipolar former
at the output of a 10-GW-Tesla-driven Blumlein pulsed power generator. The reflector …

Single-switch-based high-power bipolar pulse generator with inverted U-shaped parallel-plate transmission line

J Ryu, JW Yu - IEEE Transactions on microwave theory and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a single spark-gap switch (SGS)-based high-power bipolar pulse
generator (BPG) for many applications, such as high-power electromagnetic (HPEM) effect …

An Advanced 3-D Electromagnetic Analysis and Experimental Validation of a Bipolar Subnanosecond Pulse Generation System

N Ibrahimi, L Ariztia, M Rivaletto… - … on Plasma Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an advanced 3-D electromagnetic co-simulation approach developed
using the CST software to evaluate the characteristics of a bipolar subnanosecond pulse …