A 10-TW Pulsed Facility “PIRIT” for Investigation of Short-Wave Radiation Generation

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Popkov, N. F. | Ryaslov, E. A. | Kargin, V. I. | Pikar', A. S. | Kotel'nikov, D. V. | Melkozerov, A. V.

Affiliations: All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Arzamas-16, Nizhni Novgorod Region 607200, Russia

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Abstract: The results of experiments with a plasma x-ray source in the PIRIT-2000 facility are presented in this paper. The facility is designed with module capacitive energy storage energizing vacuum inductive storage. The formation of a rapidly growing current pulse as well as its commutation on a load was carried out by a plasma opening switch. A vacuum diode as well as various types of plasma loads can be used for the generation of a high-power x-ray flux. The storage energy of a 54-module capacitive storage is up to 2 MJ, its inductance is 15 nH, and its output voltage is 500 kV. The peak current in the plasma load constituted 4 MA with a 150-ns rise time. The maximum integral energy output of x radiation measured by an open thermocouple calorimeter was as high as 100 kJ, while the primary storage energy was 1 MJ. The plasma load usage at a current of 4 MA ensured a 100-kJ generation in x-ray radiation and the density of the radiation flux at a distance of 1 m from the source was as much as 0.8 J/cm2, while near the source it was 10 J/cm2.

DOI: 10.3233/XST-1995-5304

Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 284-288, 1995