Laser triggered high voltage rail gap switch

Details Laser triggered high voltage rail gap switch Laser triggered high voltage rail gap switch

1982-12-07

1984-12-25

Dixon, Harold

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems

With radiant energy sensitive control means

Radiant energy responsive load device

313570, 313622, 250423P, 250373, 315156, H05G 3702

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044906510

ABSTRACT:
The laser-triggered high voltage rail gap switch includes two parallel electrodes in a high pressure environment of SF.sub.6 and Ar. A pulsed UV laser directs a coherent beam parallel to the electrodes to initiate multichannel breakdown in the gap between the electrodes. This breakdown is enhanced by including an organic additive such as fluorobenzene or tri-n-propylamine in the gas mixture.

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patent: 4401920 (1983-08-01), Taylor et al.
37 Laser-Triggered Switch Modification to VEBA" by Bettis et al., 1980 Fourteenth Pulse Power Modulator Symposium, Jun. 3-5, 1980.

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