N. Jordan, R. Revolinsky, D. Packard, C. Swenson, S. Langellotti, L. Welch, E. Guerin, Y. Lau, R. Gilgenbach
{"title":"Multi-Frequency Harmonic Magnetically Insulated Line Oscillator","authors":"N. Jordan, R. Revolinsky, D. Packard, C. Swenson, S. Langellotti, L. Welch, E. Guerin, Y. Lau, R. Gilgenbach","doi":"10.1109/icops45751.2022.9813019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icops45751.2022.9813019","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetically insulated line oscillators (MILOs) are crossed-field devices capable of generating intense bursts of high power microwaves. A typical MILO operates with a low (5-10 Ohm) impedance, and uses a large drive current (10s of kA) to generate a self-insulating magnetic field. Through analytic theory [1] , simulation, and experimental work [2] , researchers at the University of Michigan have developed and tested higher-impedance 1 GHz and 2 GHz MILOs.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122312659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Bland, J. Strucka, Y. Yao, S. Parker, J. Yan, N. Schwartz, S. Bott-Suzuki
{"title":"Portable X-Pinch Driver Development for Dense Plasma Measurements","authors":"S. Bland, J. Strucka, Y. Yao, S. Parker, J. Yan, N. Schwartz, S. Bott-Suzuki","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813102","url":null,"abstract":"We report on new, portable X-pinch systems presently under development at Imperial College for probing dense plasmas. Presently 3 drivers have been built, each weighing ~50kg, and capable of driving currents >100kA. With a simple X-pinch load ~100mJ of radiation are emitted in ~1ns duration from a spot size of a few microns. The emission spectra depends on wire material, typically with strong emission in the k-lines, along with a broadband continuum stretching to many 10s of KeV. Radiography, X-ray absorption spectrometry and X-ray diffraction diagnostic tests are discussed, along with the first results utilizing X-ray polycapillary lenses with an X-pinches source to increase flux on target and enable large standoff distances.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125224772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Cvejić, D. Mikitchuk, P. Sharma, E. Kroupp, T. Queller, R. Doron, Y. Maron, A. Velikovich, A. Fruchtman, I. Ochs, E. Kolmes, N. Fisch
{"title":"Observation of Self-Generated Plasma Rotation and its Effects in A Z-Pinch With Preembedded Axial Magnetic Field","authors":"M. Cvejić, D. Mikitchuk, P. Sharma, E. Kroupp, T. Queller, R. Doron, Y. Maron, A. Velikovich, A. Fruchtman, I. Ochs, E. Kolmes, N. Fisch","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813228","url":null,"abstract":"Z-pinches with preembedded magnetic field $left({{B_{{z^0}}}}right)$ undergo radial implosion due to the J × B force while compressing the plasma and the embedded magnetic flux. In this work, we demonstrate for the first time a self-generated plasma rotation for a cylindrical Z-pinch implosion with ${B_{{z^0}}}$ [1] . The rotation direction is found to depend on the direction of ${B_{{z^0}}}$ . The observed rotation velocity is found to be comparable to the implosion velocity. The rotation is found to affect the implosion dynamics by exerting a centrifugal force and by mitigating plasma instabilities. The evolution of the rotation is seen to be consistent with magnetic flux surface isorotation, a novel observation in a Z pinch, which is a prototypical time-dependent system.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131105746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling of a Nanosecond Pulsed Atmospheric Pressure Plasma on Water","authors":"T. Petrova, M. Johnson, D. Boris, S. Walton","doi":"10.1109/icops45751.2022.9813031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icops45751.2022.9813031","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, there is a rapidly growing body of work studying plasma-based water treatment for applications within the medical, environmental, and agriculture sectors. Atmospheric pressure plasmas produced by high voltage pulses with 10’s of nanoseconds in duration are well suited for treatment of liquids 1 , 2 , 3 and surfaces. Modeling of nanosecond pulsed plasma is challenging due to plasma complexity, as well as different reaction time-scales; from nanoseconds to seconds. Moreover, the plasma is affected by sheath formation 4 and reactions of aqueous species with gas phase plasma species at the plasma/liquid interface 5 . We present a time-dependent global model to study the decay of various plasma species in helium carrier gas and obtain the trends with changing the pulse frequency and pulse duration. The model in conjunction of voltage measurements and OES diagnostics provide a useful tool for such analyses.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116517523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Silvestre, R. Joshi, J. Stephens, J. Dickens, J. Mankowksi, A. Neuber
{"title":"Sensitivity of Multipactor on Variations in SEY using a Continuum Vlasov-Poisson Model*","authors":"L. Silvestre, R. Joshi, J. Stephens, J. Dickens, J. Mankowksi, A. Neuber","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813001","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of secondary electron yield (SEY) variations on multipactor in a parallel plate geometry is probed. In this contribution, electron swarm dynamics are simulated via the continuum approach across a variety of SEY curves. The objective is to determine which changes and shifts in the SEY curve are most sensitive to the final multipactor outcome. For instance, will a variation in the maximum SEY yield while retaining the first crossover energy produce significant changes in the MP susceptibility? To parameterize, the probed SEY curves are approximated by suitable square, triangular, or trapezoidal shapes and fed into the Vlasov-Poisson-based MP model to evaluate the impact of chosen energy-dependent deviations on multipactor. A shaped approximation of the SEY curve has already shown to produce signifigant changes in multipacotr susceptibility especially in the 1 st order regime. Variations in the 1 st and 2 nd crossover points of the SEY curve are also compared within the same susceptibility graphs. The results of this Vlasov-Poisson method are benchmarked against commercial software, particularly Spark3D. The results obtained and implications of SEY deviations on multipactor will be presented and discussed.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128017368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 0.2THz Convergence Angular Radial Extended Interaction Oscillator","authors":"Y. Li, Y. Dong, S. Wang, Y. Gong","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813179","url":null,"abstract":"A 0.22THz convergence-angular radial extended interaction oscillator is proposed in this paper. The convergence-angular radial cavity has higher characteristic impedance and lower loss area than sheet beam cavity. And the current density of the convergence-angular radial beam will increase along the propagation. The cavity consists nine gaps and the operating mode is 2π mode. The Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation results show that the peak output power of the oscillator can reach 870 W at 222 GHz, under the conditions of lossy metal (Copper, conductivity of 5.8×107 S/m) and angular radial beam (21.5 kV, 0.6 A). As the working voltage changes from 19.5kv to 21.5kv, the output power changes from 121w to 870w, and the frequency changes from 222.28GHz to 222.53GHz.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133973592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Repetition Frequency and Rising Edge Time on Uniformity of Air Dielectric Barrier Discharge","authors":"J. Chen, F. Liu, Y. Zhao, Z. Fang","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813351","url":null,"abstract":"Nanosecond pulse excited dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) with fast rising edge and high breakdown voltage can enhance the discharge uniformity and reactivity. In this paper, the discharge image and the voltage-current waveforms of the nanosecond pulsed air DBD with grounded ITO electrode are measured to reveal the effects of the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and rising edge time on the discharge uniformity. The discharge uniformity is quantitatively analyzed by the observed discharge images and the gray analysis method. The results show that when the PRF is less than 5kHz, the discharge is uniform. With the frequency increases, the residual charged particles will lead to the deterioration of the electrical field and decrease the uniformity. The rapid voltage slew rate can increase the reduced electric field strength in space, which promotes the electron avalanche merging and increase the discharge uniformity. It is also found that the increase of PRF would lead to the increase of the peak values of the gap voltage and the discharge current first (from 500Hz to 3kHz) and then decrease. The increase of pulse rising time leads the decrease of the peak values of the gap voltage and the discharge current. The results contribute to the realization of uniform and reactive plasmas.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132006740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Stollberg, E. Kroupp, D. Mikitchuk, P. Sharma, V. Bernshtam, M. Cvejić, R. Doron, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, A. Fruchtman, I. Ochs, N. Fisch, U. Shumlak
{"title":"Study of a Current Loss at A Z-Pinch Stagnation Due to Fast Current Redistribution","authors":"C. Stollberg, E. Kroupp, D. Mikitchuk, P. Sharma, V. Bernshtam, M. Cvejić, R. Doron, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, A. Fruchtman, I. Ochs, N. Fisch, U. Shumlak","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813073","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the observation of a fast current switching from a Z-pinch stagnating plasma (SP) to a low density plasma (LDP) that resides at larger radii. A small-scale Z-pinch experiment, optimized for a symmetric and reproducible compression, is investigated by polarization sensitive spectroscopy (magnetic field measured by using the separation of σ+ and σ- components) with particularly high spatial resolution. Utilizing a pronounced charge state distribution [1] , we measure the radial distribution of the magnetic field and the plasma properties throughout the entire implosion and stagnation, and down to the small radius of the stagnating plasma.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134230513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Meadowcroft, M. Sinclair, A. Jones, K. Thomas, A. Hughes, C. Hines, D. Goude, J. Threadgold
{"title":"LSP Modelling of the Merlin IVA Commissioning Performance","authors":"A. Meadowcroft, M. Sinclair, A. Jones, K. Thomas, A. Hughes, C. Hines, D. Goude, J. Threadgold","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9813259","url":null,"abstract":"The Multi-mEgavolt Radiographic Linear INductive voltage adder (MERLIN) is a pulsed power machine developed future AWE hydrotrials. A Marx generator charges ten Pulse-Forming Lines (PFLs), which subsequently discharge into induction cells. The induction cell voltages add along the stalk of the Inductive Voltage Adder (IVA). The output pulse of ≈ -7 MV, ≈ 230 kA, ≈ 60 ns drives a Self-Magnetic Pinch (SMP) diode.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134296314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Hu, Z. Tao, J. Hu, T. Li, H. Shi, J. Wu, X. Li, A. Qiu
{"title":"Underwater Shock Wave Generated by Exploding Wire Ignited Energetic Materials: Wave Reconstruction and Physical Model Test","authors":"Y. Hu, Z. Tao, J. Hu, T. Li, H. Shi, J. Wu, X. Li, A. Qiu","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9812993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS45751.2022.9812993","url":null,"abstract":"Underwater shock wave (SW) generated by the combination of energetic material (EM) and electrical wire explosion (EWE) are attracting more and more attention in the field of reservoir stimulation. However, it is difficult to study the characteristics of hybrid SW that contains multiple SW components with different intensities and time delays. In order to optimize the formula of EM and the parameters of pulsed power supply, it is necessary to establish the relationship between exploding wire, formulation of EM and SW. In this work, we described hybrid SW waveforms with four simple functions based on the mechanism of ignition, which not only reflects the waveform characteristics, but also ensures the accuracy of the impulse and energy density of the reconstructed SW. The characteristic parameters were then extracted so as to adjust the ratio of oxidant and reducing agent to achieve the purpose of controlling the release rate of chemical energy. In addition, hybrid SWs were used in the physical model test of cracking concrete to study the fracturing effect, and complex fracture networks were created after operation. Combined with high-speed photography and the numerical results of Autodyn simulations, fracturing mechanism of the hybrid SW was analyzed to give suggestions for further formulation optimization.","PeriodicalId":175964,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134628230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}