Enhancing X-ray Output with a Gas-Puff Based Plama Opening Switch

ORAL

Abstract

This talk introduces an idea for employing a low density gas-puff implosion as a plasma opening switch to rapidly transfer a current pulse into a more inductive load. A gas-puff on axial wire configuration is used to investigate the promise of this opening switch as a means of increasing the x-ray yield from the wire. We demonstrate the development of this configuration into a tunable current switch, and present promising x-ray measurements which suggest that this switch merits further investigation into its potential usefulness in x-ray source applications.

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Authors

  • Joseph Engelbrecht

    • Cornell University

  • Nicholas Ouart

    • Naval Research Lab
    • Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory
    • Naval Research Laboratory

  • Niansheng Qi

    • L-3 Communications

  • Philip de Grouchy

    • Imperial College London

  • Tatiana Shelkovenko

    • Lebedev Institute

  • Sergei Pikuz

    • Lebedev Institute

  • Jacob Banasek

    • Cornell University

  • William Potter

    • Cornell University

  • Lauren Ransohoff

    • Cornell University

  • Sophia Rocco

    • Cornell University

  • John Giuliani

    • Naval Research Laboratory

  • David Hammer

    • Cornell University

  • Bruce Kusse

    • Cornell University