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We are developing a new upgraded capillary discharge device. The assembled set-up consists of a Marx generator, a pulse forming line, a gas-filled laser-triggered spark gap and a ceramic capillary. The special attention has been paid to the design of the spark gap. The laser triggering of this spark gap ensures a very low jitter in comparison with the present capillary discharge device CAPEX, where the main spark gap works in a self-breakdown regime. The description of the assembled apparatus, the main predicted parameters of the designed device (such as capillary current, capillary current rise-rte, and/or voltage at the end of pulse forming line) are presented.
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Schmidt, J., Kolacek, K., Bohacek, V. et al. Design of a laser-triggered driver for fast capillary discharge. Czech. J. Phys. 54 (Suppl 3), C321 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03166420
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