Picosecond solid-state generator with a peak power of 50 GW.

This article describes a picosecond solid-state pulsed system, where the input pulse from the generator with a semiconductor opening switch (SOS) is amplified in power and decreases in duration by ferrite gyromagnetic lines. The lines operate in the Magnetic Compression Line (MCL) mode, which occurs at close values of the input pulse duration and the period of the oscillations generated in the line. The energy compression system contains three successive stages-MCL1-MCL3 lines. For an input pulse power of 6 GW (490 kV, 40 Ω) and a duration of 7 ns, pulses of 54 GW (1.62 MV, 48 Ω) and a duration of 170 ps have been achieved at the MCL3 output. Compared to the parameters of the input pulse, the voltage rise rate has been increased ∼130 times up to 14.8 MV/ns, and the power rise rate has been increased ∼350 times up to 0.7 TW/ns. A numerical simulation of the MCL3 line operation in which the maximum electric and magnetic fields are realized (>2 MV/cm and >500 kA/m, respectively) has been carried out. The inner structure of the process of power amplification during the electromagnetic wave passage along the line has been demonstrated. First, the front of the input pulse is sharpened, and then, after the excitation of the oscillations, the process of power amplification begins, followed by the pulse amplitude reaching the saturation region.