High-power picosecond electronics
G.A. Mesyats a,
M.I. Yalandin b
a Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
b Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Amundsena 106, Ekaterinburg, 620016, Russian Federation
This paper reviews current research in high-power
picosecond electronics, a branch of experimental engineering
physics, whose dynamic development critically depends on national priority research projects. The aim of the review is
basically to show progress in the study of picosecond processes
involved in the accumulation, commutation, and transformation
of high-density electric power. Examples are presented demonstrating what the latest built high-voltage picosecond facilities
will potentially fundamentally contribute to developments in
generating unique-property high-power electron beams and
electromagnetic radiation pulses.
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