Multigigawatt to Multiterawatt Systems

Multigigawatt pulsed power technology concerns the techniques for generation of electrical pulses of short duration and high peak power. The design and performance of Marx generators, Tesla transformers, pulse forming lines (PFLs), spark gap switches, and opening switches, which are the basic building blocks of advanced pulse power systems. This chapter deals with the concepts and techniques involved in the design and construction of intense pulse power sources' primary capacitor storage, primary‐intermediate capacitor storage, primary‐intermediate‐fast capacitor storage, primary inductor storage, cascaded inductor storage, magnetic pulse compression, inductive cavity cell multiplier, and induction linac. The primary energy stores used are helical Tesla transformers, radial Tesla transformers, and Marx generators. The design and performance of Marx generators, Tesla transformers, PFLs, spark gap switches, and opening switches, which are the basic building blocks of advanced pulse power systems.