UDC 537.525.99
CSCSTI 29.33
Russian Classification of Professions by Education 03.03.02
Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 223
Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification 6135
BISAC TEC019000 Lasers & Photonics
The results of experimental studies and simulations of current development in slit discharge switches with a plasma cathode (eptrons) are presented. It is demonstrated that applying an additional ionizing pulse in the cathode region of the switch, as well as increasing the pulse repetition frequency, helps reduce the two-stage nature of current development. Using a copper vapor laser as an example, the influence of additional cathode region ionization in the eptron on the frequency-energy characteristics of the laser is shown.
eptron, nanosecond switching, capillary discharge, self-terminating lasers, copper vapor laser
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