Circuits for digitally synthesizing very long HPM pulses in compact geometry

Abstract

A unique subset of photoconductive switch based HPM uses thin films such as transmission lines (TL). Such films exhibit very high fields and very low impedances. Combining high-speed turn on with low impedance requires unique integration techniques between switches and TLs. The successful implementation of such integration in turn allows the construction of very high power density low voltage sources. Such disparate sources are inherently coherent with one another and allow for spatial beam combining to very high power.