title: Development of all-solid-state flash x-ray generator with photoconductive semiconductor switches.
abstract: A compact, low-jitter, and high repetitive rate all-solid-state flash x-ray generator making use of photo conductive semiconductor switches was developed recently for the diagnostic purpose of some hydrokinetical experiments. The generator consisted of twelve stages of Blumlein pulse forming networks, and an industrial cold cathode diode was used to generate intense x-ray radiations with photon energy up to 220 keV. Test experiments showed that the generator could produce >1 kA electron beam currents and x-ray pulses with ~40 ns duration under 100 Hz repetitive rates at least (limited by the triggering laser on hand), also found was that the delay time of the cathode explosive emission is crucial to the energy transfer efficiency of the whole system. In addition, factors affecting the diode impedance, how the switching synchronization and diode impedance determining the allowable operation voltage were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Ma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Deng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jianjun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Liu
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authors.lastname: Hongwei
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jianqiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jinfeng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bing
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yanling
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wenhui
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lingyun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pin
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, P.O. Box 919-108, Mianyang 621900, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hongtao