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Advancing Compact Pulsed Power, Jon C. Pouncey
Advancing Compact Pulsed Power, Jon C. Pouncey
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
The first two decades of the 21st century have seen significant interest in expanding the application of pulsed power technology beyond its traditional use in physics and nuclear weapons research. Applications in the field of national defense, which present unique constraints on system size, have provided impetus to increase the exploration of compact pulsed power solutions. Innovations related to energy density, insulation, switching, and power conversion systems have been realized, bringing deployable compact pulsed power systems closer to realization than ever before. However, recent systems integration efforts have shown that work still remains to develop needed tools and technologies …