Autonomous portable pulsed-periodical generator of high-power radiofrequency-pulses based on gas discharge with hollow cathode

Sergey V Bulychev; Alexander E Dubinov; Igor L L'vov; Vyacheslav L Popolev; Sergey A Sadovoy; Eugeny A Sadchikov; Victor D Selemir; Valeria K Valiulina; Dmitry V Vyalykh; Victor S Zhdanov

doi:10.1063/1.4948599

Autonomous portable pulsed-periodical generator of high-power radiofrequency-pulses based on gas discharge with hollow cathode

Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 May;87(5):054707. doi: 10.1063/1.4948599.

Affiliation

¹ Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russia Scientific and Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF), 37 Mira Ave., Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region 607188, Russia.

PMID: 27250451
DOI: 10.1063/1.4948599

Abstract

Portable autonomous generator of high-power RF-pulses based on the gas discharge with hollow cathode has been designed, fabricated, and tested. Input and output characteristics are the following: discharge current amplitude is 800 A, duration of generated RF-pulses is 350 ns, carrier frequency is ∼90 MHz, power in RF-pulse is 0.5 MW, pulse repetition rate is 0.5 kHz, and device efficiency is ∼25%.