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A Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Plasma Opening Switch

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Gaseous Dielectrics IX

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The plasma opening switch (POS)1 is a vacuum switching device used in modern pulsed power apparatus for physical and industrial applications. In the POS, a plasma is first injected into the A-K gap to conduct large current of hundred to thousand kiloamperes driven by Marx-generator-type or other pulsed power sources for hundred to thousand nanoseconds. Then the POS opens by means of a kinetic process that is not very clear at present, and converts the current to a load with voltage or power multiplication.

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  1. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, P.O. Box 69-1, Xi’an, 710024, PR China

    Zhengzhong Zeng

  2. Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, PR China

    Yuchang Qiu

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T 5V6, Canada

    Edmund Kuffel

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  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

    Loucas G. Christophorou  & James K. Olthoff  & 

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Zeng, Z., Qiu, Y., Kuffel, E. (2001). A Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Plasma Opening Switch. In: Christophorou, L.G., Olthoff, J.K. (eds) Gaseous Dielectrics IX. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0583-9_21

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