June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA 14TH INTERNATIONAL PULSED POWER CONFERENCE FINAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM (May 27th, 2003) All registered participants will receive a hardcopy of the program and the book of abstracts at the conference. 1 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference MONDAY JUNE 16, 2003 PLENARY SESSION I Reunion E & F 8:30 - 10:00 STEVE GOLDSTEIN, Chair 8:30 MPLEN-1 "ON THE ROAD TO COMPACT PULSED POWER: ADVENTURES IN MATERIALS, ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING, AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT" E. Schamiloglu, Karl Schoenbach, Robert Vidmar ECE Department, University of New Mexico, USA 9:00 MPLEN-2 "COMPACT, PORTABLE, REPETITIVE PULSED POWER: PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS" M. Gundersen, James Dickens, William Nunnally University of Southern California, USA 9:30 MPLEN-3 "PULSED POWER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CHINA" J. Deng Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy Engineering Physics, CHINA 10:30 - 12:30 M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • Radiation Sources Computational Techniques & Diagnostics Lasers & Hydrodynamic Experiments Solid State Switches 1:30 - 3:00 Poster Session I 3:30 - 5:30 M5 • M6 • M7 • M8 • High Current Accelerators (ZR Oriented) Diagnostics & Radiation Sources Biological/Medical Applications & Pulsed Power Applications Compact Pulsed Power 2 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION M1 RADIATION SOURCES Monday June 16, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion A RICHARD GULLICKSON, Chair 10:30 M1-1,2 INVITED: RECENT PROGRESS IN DOD'S PROGRAM TO DEVELOP SOFT XRAY RADIATION SOURCES, R. Davis, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, USA 11:00 M1-3 LOW WIRE COUNT LOADS ON LARGE CURRENT MACHINES, R.E. Terry, J.P. Apruzese, Naval Research Laboratory, USA 11:15 M1-4 THE EFFECTS OF INITIAL LOAD RADIUS ON HIGH PHOTON ENERGY NESTED WIRE ARRAYS AT THE Z ACCELERATOR, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; J. Davis, Y.K. Chong, R.W. Clark, J.P. Apruzese, J.W. Thornhill, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; P.D. LePell, Ktech Corporation, USA; K.G. Whitney, Berkeley Research Associates, USA 11:30 M1-5 DEVELOPMENT OF A 12 CM DIAMETER NOZZLE FOR ARGON Z-PINCHES ON THE DECADE QUAD, P. Coleman, A. Bixler, A. Gerhan, M. Krishnan, J. Thompson, K. Wilson, Alameda Applied Sciences Corp., USA 11:45 M1-6 K-SHELL AND RECOMBINATION RADIATION OF ALUMINUM AND NEON Z-PINCHES AT LONG TIME IMPLOSION REGIME, A.V. Shishlov, R.B. Baksht, S.A. Chaikovsky, A.V. Fedunin, V.I. Oreshkin, A.G. Rousskikh, V.A. Kokshenev, N.E. Kurmaev, F.I. Fursov, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA 12:00 M1-7 DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WIRE ARRAY COMPRESSION IN R-PHI GEOMETRY , I.V. Glazyrin, A.N. Shushlebin, RFNC-VNIITF, RUSSIA 12:15 M1-8 PHYSICS OF ICF RELATED MULTIWIRE ARRAY IMPLOSION, E.V. Grabovskii, SSC RF TRINITI, RUSSIA 3 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION M2 COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES & DIAGNOSTICS Monday June 16, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion B GREG ENGEL, Chair 10:30 M2-1 NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MODELING OF SUBNANOSECOND PLASMA CLOSING SWITCHES IN GASES AND LIQUIDS, J. Chen, C.J. Buchenauer, J.S. Tyo, University of New Mexico, USA 10:45 M2-2 MODELING OF THE INVERSE Z-PINCH DYNAMICS, V. Makhin, A. Esaulov, B.S. Bauer, R. Siemon, R. Presura, V. Sotnikov, I. Paraschiv, Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada Reno, USA; I.L. Lindemuth, R. Kirkpatrick, P.T. Sheehey, Los Alamos National Labs, USA 11:00 M2-3 A TIME-DEPENDENT HYBRID MODEL OF PSEUDOSPARK INITIATION, J-L. Cambier, D. VanGilder, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA 11:15 M2-4 LINEAR ANALYSIS AND 3D HYBRID SIMULATION STUDY OF Z-PINCH INSTABILITIES IN THE PRESENCE OF NON-IDEAL MHD EFFECTS, V.I. Sotnikov, L. Wanex, B.S. Bauer, I. Paraschiv, UNR, USA; J.N. Leboeuf, UCLA, USA; P. Hellinger, P. Travnicek, V. Fiala, UFA, Czech Republic 11:30 M2-5 DIRECT MODELING METHODS FOR AIR-CORE PULSED ALTERNATORS, J. Mallick, M. Crawford, Institute for Advanced Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; M. Elmore, BAE Systems/Controls, USA 11:45 M2-6 EXPLOSIVE-MAGNETIC LINER SYSTEMS FOR STUDYING DYNAMIC STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, A.M. Buyko, G.G. Ivanova , V.N. Mokhov , P.N. Nizovtsev, A.A. Petrukhin, V.P. Solovyev, V.N. Sofronov, V.B. Yakubov, RFNCVNIIEF, RUSSIA 12:00 M2-7 A THREE-FRAME MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER FOR MEASUREMENTS OF Z-PINCH PLASMA IMPLOSION, X.X. Wang, X.B. Zou, Z. Liu, M. Han, C.M. Luo, R.L. Ma, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, CHINA 12:15 M2-8 DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY OF A STORAGE PHOSPHOR IMAGING PLATE: MONTE CARLO STUDY AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, G. Barnea, Rafael, ISRAEL 4 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION M3 LASERS & HYDRODYNAMIC EXPERIMENTS Monday June 16, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion C MARK NEWTON and GERALD KIUTTU, Chairs 10:30 M3-1 PULSED POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THE MEGAJOULE LASER, D. Rubin de Cervens, J.M. Mexmain, J.P. Marret, V. Roos, T. Gamot, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique d'Ile de France, FRANCE; P. Eyl, B. Cassany, P. Pere, P. Patelli, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - CESTA, FRANCE; S. Sierra, A. Havre, P. Mathieu, J. Fauvel, P. Benin, G. Callu, THALES systèmes Aéroportés, FRANCE; P. Michalczyk, C. Vincent, TPC, FRANCE 10:45 M3-2 INITIAL ACTIVATION AND OPERATION OF THE POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY, M.A. Newton, R.E. Kamm, E.S. Fulkerson, S.D. Hulsey, D.L. Pendleton, D.E. Petersen, M. Polk, M. Tuck, G.T. Ullery, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; W.B. Moore, Sandia National Laboratory, USA 11:00 M3-3,4 INVITED: A REPETITIVELY PULSED KrF LASER SYSTEM, F. Hegeler, Commonwealth Technology, Inc., USA; M.C. Myers, M. Friedman, J.D. Sethian, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, USA; M.F. Wolford, Science Applications International Corp., USA; D. Weidenheimer, D. Morton, Titan-Pulse Sciences Division, USA; L. Schlitt, Leland Schlitt Consulting Services, Inc., USA 11:30 M3-5 SIMULATIONS OF IMPLODING SOLID LINER MELTING AND VAPORIZATION VS LINEAR THICKNESS, AND EVIDENCE FOR "MELT WAVES", J.H. Degnan, G.F. Kiuttu, J.D. Letterio, E.L. Ruden, Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, USA 11:45 M3-6 ADVANCED LINER PERFORMANCE FOR EXPERIMENTS IN HYDRODYNAMICS AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES, R.E. Reinovsky, W.L. Atchison, R.J. Faehl, I.R. Lindemuth, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 12:00 M3-7 ADVANCES IN ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS (ICE) USING HIGH EXPLOSIVE PULSED POWER, D.G. Tasker, J.H. Goforth, H. Oona, C.M. Fowler, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 12:15 M3-8 Z-PINCH ACCELERATION OF MASSIVE CYLINDRICAL LINERS FOR REALIZATION OF GRAPHITE-TO-DIAMOND PHASE TRANSITION, B.E. Fridman, K.M. Lobanov, Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus, RUSSIA; I.P. Makarevich, Institute of Problems of Electrophysics of RAS, RUSSIA; A.D. Rakhel, Institute of High Temperatures of RAS, RUSSIA; B.V. Rumyantsev, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of RAS, RUSSIA 5 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION M4 SOLID STATE SWITCHES Monday June 16, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion E TOM PODLESAK, Chair 10:30 M4-1 HIGH-VOLTAGE, HIGH-CURRENT, PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES (PCSS) FOR WEAPONS APPLICATIONS, A. Mar, F.J. Zutavern, L.D. Roose, A.G. Baca, J.C. Armijo, P.A. Smith , M.W. O'Malley, G.M. Loubriel, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 10:45 M4-2 LOW JITTER AND DRIFT HIGH VOLTAGE IGBT GATE DRIVER, C. Huang, R. Saethre, P. Melcher, R. Ness, Cymer, Inc., USA 11:00 M4-3 DEVELOPMENT OF A SUB-MICROSECOND, HIGH VOLTAGE, HIGH CURRENT DIAMOND SWITCH, J. Thompson, A. Gerhan, M. Krishnan, D. Parks, J. Schein, E. Waisman, Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation, USA 11:15 M4-4 EVALUATION OF SiC GTOs FOR PULSE POWER CONDITIONING, S.B. Bayne, D. Ibitayo, G. Koebke, B. Geil, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA 11:30 M4-5 OPTIMUM DESIGN OF SNUBBER CIRCUITS FOR THYRISTOR ASSEMBLIES USING AN IMPROVED PSPICE THYRISTOR MODEL AND COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY, M. Elmore, F. Heimes, W. Ford, D. Thrall, BAE SYSTEMS Controls, USA; A. Gattozi, S. Pish, J. Pappas, Center for Electromechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA 11:45 M4-6 INVESTIGATION OF PULSE POWER THYRISTOR THERMAL VARIATIONS, M.G. Hoffman, J.C. Dickens, M.G. Giesselmann, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Texas Technical University, USA 12:00 M4-7 AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PULSED CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH VOLTAGE SILICON CARBIDE DIODES, D. Surls, M. Crawford, Institute for Advanced Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA 12:15 M4-8 DIRECT LIGHT TRIGGERED SOLID-STATE SWITCHES FOR PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS, J. Przybilla, R. Keller, U. Kellner, C. Schneider , eupec GmbH, GERMANY; H.J. Schulze, F.J. Niedernostheide, Infineon AG, GERMANY 6 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA MONDAY POSTER SESSION 1 / EXHIBITS Monday June 16, 2003 1:30 - 3:00, MATTHEW MYERS, Chair Radiation Sources (MP 1-20), Computational Techniques (MP 21-29), Diagnostics (MP 3035), Lasers (MP 36-39), Hydrodynamic Experiments (MP 40-41), Solid State Switches (MP 42-50), High Current Accelerators (MP 51-83), and Compact Pulsed Power (MP 84-99) MP-01 STUDY OF PLASMA IMPLOSION IN A SMALL GASS-PUFF Z-PINCH, X.B. Zou, X.X. Wang, C.M. Luo, Z. Liu, M. Han, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, CHINA MP-02 DEPENDENCE OF X-RAY RADIATION ON RODE PINCH DIODE GEOMETRY, V.V. Ryzhov, S.Y. Belomyttsev, A.V. Kirikov, I.Y. Turchanovsky, Institute of High Current Electronics, RUSSIA; V.P. Tarakanov, High Energy Density Research Investigation Center, RUSSIA; V.I. Bespalov, Tomsk Polytechnical University, RUSSIA MP-03 WIRE ARRAY Z-PINCH EXPERIMENTS AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE, S.V. Lebedev, D. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, C. Jennings, M.G. Haines, J. Rapley, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, UK MP-04 INFLUENCE OF INITIAL CONDITIONS ON CAPILLARY DISCHARGE DEVICE CAPEX 2 , J. Schmidt, K. Kolacek, V. Prukner, V. Bohacek, M. Ripa, P. Sunka, Institute of Plasma Physics, AS CR, CZECH REPUBLIC; O. Frolov, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles Un. in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC MP-05 WIRE ARRAY HOLDER CRITICAL IN HIGH-WIRE-NUMBER Z-PINCH IMPLOSIONS, T.W.L. Sanford, R.C. Mock, T.L. Gilliland, J.F. Seamen, R.J. Leeper, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; R.G. Watt, R.E. Chrien, G.C. Idzorek, D.L. Peterson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; P.U. Duselis, Cornell University, USA MP-06 HOLD OFF VOLTAGE FOR PSEUDOSPARK GAP IN A SOURCE OF EXTREME UV RADIATION, Y.D. Korolev, O.B. Frants, V.G. Geyman, R.V. Ivashov, N.V. Landl, I.A. Shemyakin, Institute of High Current Electronics, RUSSIA; K. Frank, R. Bischoff, University of Erlangen, GERMANY MP-07 PARAXIAL DIODES ON RITS-3, M.A. Sinclair, P. Beech, J. McLean, M. Philips, Pulsed Power Group, AWE Aldermaston, UK; J. Maenchen, K. Hahn, D. Rovang, I. 7 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference Molina, R. Lucero, S. Cordova, R. Gignac, R. Woodring, F. Wilkins, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D. Rose, Mission Research Corporation, USA MP-08 STUDY OF ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION OF METAL WIRES, V.I. Oreshkin, R.B. Baksht, Yu. Labetsky, A.G. Rousskikh, N.A. Ratakhin , A.V. Shishlov, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA; P.R. Levashov , K.V. Khischenko, Institute of High Temperatures RAS, RUSSIA MP-09 GIGAWATT ALL-SOLID-STATE NANO- AND PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATORS FOR RADAR APPLICATIONS, V.M. Efanov, A.V. Kricklenko, A.V. Komashko, FID GmbH, GERMANY MP-10 LSP SIMULATIONS OF THE PARAXIAL DIODE AND COMPARISONS WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA, D.J. Short, A. Birrell, M. Sinclair, Pulsed Power Group, AWE, U.K; D. Rose, B. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA MP-11 NESTED MIXED ALUMINUM-TITANIUM WIRE ARRAYS ON THE Z ACCELERATOR, B. Jones, C. Deeney, C.A. Coverdale, P.D. LePell, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; J. Apruzese, K.G. Whitney, J.W. Thornhill, J. Davis, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; Y. Maron, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL MP-12 SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF MOLYBDENUM PLASMAS CREATED ON THE Z-ACCELERATOR AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY, P.D. LePell, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; S.B. Hansen, A.S. Shlyaptseva, University of Nevada, USA MP-13 PLASMA DYNAMICS AND ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN BEHAVIOR IN A VARIABLE PULSED-POWER DRIVEN CAPILLARY DISCHARGE WITH TRANSIENT HOLLOW CATHODE EFFECTS., E. Wyndham, M. Favre, R. AliagaRossel, H. Chuaqui, Facultad de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, CHILE; P. Choi, EPPRA sas, Silic 706, 91961, Cortaboeuf, FRANCE MP-14 BREMSSTRAHLUNG REFLEX TRIODE MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION*, S. Chantrenne, V.L. Bailey, J.R. Goyer, S.D. Putnam, J.C. Riordan, P.G. Steen, A. Wilson, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA MP-15 STUDY OF X-RAY RADIATION GENERATION AT COLLAPSE OF LINERS, MADE OF WIRE ARRAYS AND POWERED FROM MAGNETO-CUMULATIVE GENERATORS, V.D. Selemir, V.A. Demidov, A.V. Ivanovsky, G.M. Spirov, V.F. Yermolovich, P.B. Repin, A.A. Volkov, I.V. Pikulin, A.S. Boriskin, Y.V. Vlasov, E.V. Grebenev, B.P. Giterman, P.S. Dydykin, O.V. Ivanovskaya, S.A. Kazakov, V.I. Karelin, A.P. Orlov, E.A. Ryaslov, R.V. Savchenko, V.T. Selyavsky, O.M. Tatsenko, P.L. Usenko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA 8 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA MP-16 HIGH-POWER VIRCATOR IN THE REGIME OF WARM BREMSSTRAHLUNG X-RAY PULSES GENERATION, V.D. Selemir, A.E. Dubinov, V.I. Kargin, E.A. Ryaslov, I.A. Efimova, M.V. Loiko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA MP-17 EXPLOSION OF THIN AL FOILS IN AIR, R. Baksht, A. Pokryvailo, Y. Yankelevich, I. Ziv, Soreq NRC, ISRAEL MP-18 HIGH REPETITION RATE HARD X RAY SOURCE, M.M. Idrissi, E. Robert, R. Viladrosa, C. Cachoncinlle, J.M. Pouvesle, GREMI-CNRS UMR 66060 University of Orleans, FRANCE MP-19 RADIOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE OF CYGNUS I AND THE FEBETRON 705, E.A. Rose, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA MP-20 EXTREME ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION FROM ZPINCH PLASMAS DRIVEN BY SUB 100 NS CURRENT PULSES, S. Katsuki, H. Urakami, H. Akiyama, T. Sakugawa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kumamoto University, JAPAN MP-21 THEORETICAL SIMULATION FOR TRIGGER PROCESS IN TWO-GAP CAPILLARY PLASMA GENERATOR , S.G. Xia, K.F. Liu, X.W. Hu, Y. Pan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CHINA MP-22 COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR THE DISPERSION RELATION OF A PULSED CERENKOV FREE ELECTRON MASER SYSTEM, C. Petichakis, R.A. Stuart, A.I. Al-Shamma'a, J. Lucas, The University of Liverpool, UK MP-23 COOLING SYSTEM TRANSIENT ANALYSIS USING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT PROGRAM ANALOG, J.P. O'Loughlin, D.L. Loree, Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, USA MP-24 2D MHD COMPUTER MODELING OF DENSE PLASMA FOCUS ACCELERATORS, V. Makhin, A. Esaulov, B.S. Bauer, R. Siemon, V. Sotnikov, I. Paraschiv, R. Presura, Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada Reno, USA; B.L. Freeman, Texas A&M University, USA; E.C. Hagen, L. Ziegler, Bechtel Nevada, USA; I.L. Lindemuth, P.T. Sheehey, Los Alamos National Labs, USA MP-25 A TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC-ELASTOPLASTIC MODELLING TECHNIQUE, I.R. Smith, D.F. Rankin, B.M. Novac, Loughborough University, UK MP-26 CALCULATION OF CURRENT CONDUCTING SHELLS MOTION OF DISK MAGNETO-CUMULATIVE GENERATOR, Y.V. Vlasov, V.A. Demidov, I.N. Pavlusha, T.A. Toropova, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA 9 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference MP-27 RADIATIVE RESPONSE COMPUTER CODE, G.V. Boriskov, A.I. Bykov, N.I. Egorov, V.N. Pavlov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA MP-28 GROWTH RATES OF Z-PINCH INSTABILITIES IN THE NON-IDEAL MHD REGIME, L. Wanex, V.I. Sotnikov, B.S. Bauer, I. Paraschiv, UNR, USA; J.N. Leboeuf, UCLA, USA MP-29 MONTE-CARLO OPTIMIZATION MULTIPASS BREMSSTRAHLUNG TARGET FOR PULSE X-RAY SOURCE, V.V. Plokhoi, D.G. Modestov, Y.Z. Kandiev, Zababakhin Institute of Technical Physics, RUSSIA MP-30 PROPERTIES OF RELATIVELY-DILUTE PLASMAS IN PULSED-POWER SYSTEMS OBTAINED FROM HIGH-ACCURACY LASER SPECTROSCOPY, K. Tsigutkin, E. Stambulchik, V. Bernshtam, Yu. Ralchenko, D. Osin, Y. Maron, Dept. of Particle Phys, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL MP-31 TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF COAXIAL CABLE LINES. WIDESPREAD ERRORS , I.V. Morozov, RFNC-VNIIEF, RUSSIA MP-32 RADIOGRAPHIC METHOD BASED ON BETATRON, G.V. Boriskov, A.I. Bykov, M.I. Dolotenko, N.I. Egorov, N.P. Kolokolhcikov, Y.P. Kuropatkin, N.B. Lukianov, V.D. Mironenko, V.N. Pavlov, V.I. Timareva, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA MP-33 MAGNETIC FIELD DIFFUSION EFFECTS FOR RECESSED BDOT PROBES, J.R. Smith, D.W. Scholfield, R.L. Carlson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA MP-34 DETERMINATION OF THE MASS DISTRIBUTION IN A GAS PUFF BY LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE, E. Garate, Y. Song, A. Fisher, Xsci-Tek, Inc., USA MP-35 MEASUREMENTS OF THE RADIATED FIELDS AND CONDUCTED CURRENT LEAKAGE FROM THE PULSED POWER SYSTEMS IN THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY AT LLNL, R. Anderson, T. Clancy, S. Fulkerson, D. Petersen, D. Pendelton, S. Hulsey, G. Ullery, J. Tuck, M. Polk, R. Kamm, M. Newton, P. Arnold, C. Ollis, A. Hinz, C. Robb, J. Fornes, J. Watson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; WB. Moore, Sandia National Laboratory, USA MP-36 DYNAMICS OF PLASMA JET GENERATED BY RADIATION OF THE PULSEPERIODIC CO2 LASER, G.A. Mesyats, V.V. Osipov, N.B. Volkov, V.V. Platonov, M.G. Ivanov, Insitute of Electrophysics, RAS, Ural Branch, RUSSIA MP-37 CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPILLARY DISCHARGE Ne-LIKE Ar SOFT X-RAY LASER , M. Watanabe, Y. Hayashi, H. Taniguchi, P.R. Chalise, A. Okino, K. Horioka, E. Hotta, Department of Energy Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN 10 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA MP-38 DYNAMICS OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN A LINEARLY POLARIZED TRAVELING WAVE, HAMILTONIAN APPROACH TO LASER-MATTER INTERACTION AT VERY HIGH INTENSITIES, A. Bourdier, D. Patin, CEA/DAM Ile-de-France, FRANCE MP-39 CAPACITOR BANK OF 25kV, 5MJ FOR ND-GLASS LASER OF THE LUCH FACILITY, V.G. Bezuglov, I.V. Galakhov, S.G. Garanin, S.V. Grigorovich, S.N. Gudov, M.I. Kinzibaev, M.Y. Kirdyashkin, V.P. Lazarchuk, S.L. Logutenko, S.S. Markov, V.M. Murugov, V.A. Osin, S.N. Pegoev, R.E. Pozhidaev, S.A. Sukharev, A.I. Zarettskiy, V.I. Zolotovskiy, Russian Federal Nuclear Center - VNIIEF, RUSSIA; I.S. Baber, Y.Y. Brodiskiy, N.I. Karpov, E.A. Kopelovich, O.G. Mitrofanov, F.A. Flat, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, RUSSIA; V.G. Nikolaevskiy, V.D. Putilin, TRINITI, RUSSIA; G.D. Chumakov, V.A. Martyinenko, V.I. Shulyapov, Engineering Center of Joint-Stock Company Electrovyipryamitel, RUSSIA MP-40 DIMENSIONAL AND RESIDUAL STRESS CHARACTERIZATION OF CURRENT JOINTS OF REDESIGNED ATLAS CASSETTE, R.J. Sebring, W.E. Anderson, J.J. Bartos, J. Griego, B. Randolph, M.A. Salazar, M.B. Prime, Materials Science and Technology Div., LANL, USA; Engineering Sciences and Applications Div., LANL, USA MP-41 EXAMINATION OF LINER STABILITY DURING MAGNETIC IMPLOSION USING EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS , W.L. Atchison, R.J. Faehl, I.R. Lindemuth, R.E. Reinovsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA ; D.S. Lemons, Department of Physics, Bethel College, USA MP-42 SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION OF HIGH SPEED, HIGH POWER IGBT MODULES, M.N. Nguyen, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA MP-43 SEMICONDUCTOR MODELNG FOR MULTI-LAYER, HIGH FIELD, PHOTOSWITCH USING SUB-BANDGAP PHOTONS , K. Kelkar, W. Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA MP-44 MEGAVOLT SOLID-STATE SHORT-PULSE GENERATOR, E.A. Alichkin, A.I. Bushlyakov, G.A. Mesyats, A.V. Ponomarev, S.N. Rukin, B.G. Slovikovsky, S.P. Timoshenkov, Institute of Electrophysics UD RAS, RUSSIA MP-45 SEMICONDUCTOR MODELING FOR MULTI-LAYER, HIGH FIELD, PHOTOSWITCH USING SUB-BANDGAP PHOTONS, K. Kelkar, W. Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA MP-46 OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYING SILICON CARBIDE IN HIGH POWER PHOTO-SWITCHES, W. Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA; M. Mazzola, Mississippi State University, USA 11 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference MP-47 SIMULATIONS OF A HIGH POWER 4H-SiC JFET AND ITS Si AND GaAs COUNTERPARTS, Q. Shui, X.Y. Gu, P. Wijetunga, M. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA MP-48 OPTIMISED HIGH VOLTAGE IGBTs FOR PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS, A. Golland, F.J. Wakeman, G. Li, Westcode Semiconductors Ltd., UK MP-49 FID SOLID STATE CLOSING SWITCHES WITH GIGAWATT PEAK POWER, V.M. Efanov, FID GmbH, GERMANY MP-50 SURFACE FLASHOVER CHARACTERISTICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR, G.J. Zhang, W.B. Zhao, Z. Yan, Xi'an Jiaotong University, CHINA MP-51 CONTROL OVER PLASMA DISTRIBUTION ON EXPLOSIVE EMISSION CATHODES, Y.M. Saveliev, W. Sibbett, University of St Andrews, UK; D.M. Parkes, Dstl Malvern, UK MP-52 COUPLING POWER FLOW FROM THE MERCURY MIVA INTO A RODPINCH DIODE, J.W. Schumer, R.J. Allen, P.F. Ottinger, R.J. Commisso, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA MP-53 THE PULSED ELECTRON ACCELERATOR FOR APPLICATIONS, S. Korenev, STERIS CORPORATION, USA MP-54 POWERFLOW IN A 7-STAGE FAST RISE TIME LTD SYSTEM, D.V. Rose, D.R. Welch, B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA; J.E. Maenchen, D.C. Rovang, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulsed Sciences Division, USA; A.A. Kim, B.M. Kovalchuk, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA MP-55 FREQUENCY NANOSECOND ELECTRON ACCELERATOR URT-1, Yu. Kotov, S.Y. Sokovnin, M.E. Balezin, Institute of Electrophysics Ural Division, RAS, RUSSIA MP-56 VACUUM DIODE FOR TWO-SIDED IRRADIATION, Yu. Kotov, S. Sokovnin, M.E. Balezin, Institute of Electrophysics Ural Division, RAS, RUSSIA MP-57 MODELING MAGNETICALLY INSULATED POWER FLOW IN MERCURY, P.F. Ottinger, J.W. Schumer, R.J. Allen, R.J. Commisso, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA MP-58 1 MV ULTRA-FAST LTD ACCELERATOR, A.A. Kim, A.A. Bastrikov, S.N. Volkov, V.G. Durakov, B.M. Kovalchuk , V.A. Sinebryukhov, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA 12 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA MP-59 LTD STAGE WITH STORED ENERGY OF 5.5 KJ AND OUTPUT POWER OF 18 GW, B.M. Kovalchuk, A.A. Kim, E.V. Kumpjak, N.V. Tsou, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA MP-60 NUMERICAL (LSP) INVESTIGATION OF PLASMA FORMATION AND EVOLUTION IN MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES, V.I. Sotnikov, R. Presura, B.S. Bauer, Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada Reno, USA; B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA MP-61 OPERATION REGIMES OF MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES, R. Presura, B.S. Bauer, A. Esaulov, S. Fuelling, V. Ivanov, N. Le Galloudec, V. Makhin, R.E. Siemon, VI. Sotnikov, R. Wirtz, A. Astanovitskiy, S. Batie, H. Faretto, B. Le Galloudec, A. Oxner, M. Angelova, P. Laca, S. Guzzetta, S. Keely, S. Rogowski, University of Nevada, USA; B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA; K.W. Struve, Sandia National Laboratories, USA MP-62 DESIGN OF THE ZR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, J.M. Wilson, Ktech Corporation, USA; D.L. Smith, M.J. Slattery, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D.W. Morton, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA MP-63 IMPLOSION DYNAMICS OF MULTI-MATERIAL WIRE-ARRAYS ON THE S300 PULSED POWER GENERATOR., Y.L. Bakshaev, A.V. Bartov, P.I. Blinov, A.S. Chernenko, R.V. Chikin, S.A. Danko, L.G. Dubas, H.C. Cai, Y.G. Kalinin, A.S. Kingsep, V.D. Korolev, V.I. Mizhiritsky, V.A. Shchagin, G.I. Ustroev, V.P. Smirnov, RRC Kurchatov Institute, RUSSIA MP-64 A 2.5 MV SUBNANOSECOND PULSER WITH LASER TRIGGERED SPARK GAP FOR THE GENERATION OF HIGH BRIGHTNESS ELECTRON BUNCHES, D. Vyuga, MJ. Van der Wiel, GJH. Brussaard, Eindhoven University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS; A. Volkov, P. Tomashevich, G. Baranov, D.V. Efremov Research Institute, RUSSIA MP-65 RE-TRAPPING STUDIES ON RITS, K. Hahn, J. Maenchen, I. Molina, S. Portillo, D. Rovang, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; S. Cordova, Ktech Corporation, USA; B. Oliver, D. Rose, D. Welch, Mission Research Corporation, USA; V. Bailey, D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulsed Sciences Division, USA; E. Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico, USA MP-66 DEVELOPMENT/TESTS OF 6-MV TRIGGERED GAS SWITCHES AT SNL, J.P. Corley, K.C. Hodge, S.A. Drennan, D.W. Guthrie, J.M. Navarro, Ktech Corporation, USA; J.M. Elizondo, EMT Corporation, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences, USA; M.L. Horry, S.E. Rosenthal, Sandia National Labs, USA 13 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference MP-67 POWER FLOW AND RE-TRAPPING INVESTIGATIONS ON A LARGE AREA DIODE ON RITS-3, S. Portillo, K. Hahn, J. Maenchen, D. Rovang, I. Molina, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences, USA; B. Oliver, D. Welch, D. Rose, Mission Research Corporation, USA; S. Cordova, Ktech Corporation, USA MP-68 CHARACTERIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A COMPACT, 1-MV, 6-kA RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE, R.J. Allen, G. Cooperstein, F.C. Young, J.W. Schumer, D.D. Hinshelwood, D. Mosher, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; F.C. Young, Titan/Jaycor, USA; D. Holmberg, S.E. Mitchell, LLNL NTS Radiography, Bechtel Nevada, USA MP-69 ELECTRICAL MODELING OF MERCURY FOR OPTIMAL MACHINE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION, R.J. Allen, P.F. Ottinger, R.J. Commisso, J.W. Schumer, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA MP-70 MITIGATION OF BACKGROUND EMI, MECHANICAL AND ACOUSTIC EFFECTS FROM THE GAMBLE II PULSED POWER GENERATOR, D.P. Murphy, B.V. Weber, R.J. Allen, G. Cooperstein, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, USA; F.C. Young, Jaycor/Titan, USA MP-71 WITHDRAWN MP-72 CURRENT DOUBLER- FLUX COMPRESSOR AS A DRIVER FOR E-BEAM DIODES , L.I. Rudakov, Berkeley Scholars, Inc., USA; B.V. Weber, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA MP-73 RITS-3 SELF-BREAK WATER SWITCH STUDIES, E. Puetz, I. Molina, S. Portillo, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D.L. Johnson, P. Corcoran, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA MP-74 DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT, LOW-VOLTAGE PLASMA OPENING SWITCH SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN X-PINCH, D.D. Hinshelwood, D.M. Ponce, B.V. Weber, D. Phipps, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA MP-75 POSSIBILITIES OF LABORATORY COMPLEX «GNUV» FOR STUDYING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS IN THE WIDE RANGE OF IMPULSE LOADING., A.V. Pavlenko, V.N. Afanas’ev, L.A. Osadchyk, RFNCVNIITF, RUSSIA MP-76 PULSE POWER PERFORMANCE AND MODELING OF THE CYGNUS 1 AND CYGNUS 2 RADIOGRAPHIC SOURCES, V. Carboni, P. Corcoran, J. Douglas, I. Smith, D. Johnson, R. White, B. Altes, R. Stevens, H. Nishimoto, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; R. Carlson, J. Smith, P. Ortega, J. Chavez, Los Alamos National 14 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA Laboratory, USA; J. Maenchen, E. Ormond, Sandia National Laboratory, USA; D. Henderson, T. Helvin, V. Mitton, B. Anderson, Bechtel Nevada, USA MP-77 TEST STAND FOR LINEAR INDUCTION ACCELERATOR OPTIMIZATION, M.M. Ong, W.J. DeHope, K.L. Griffin, D.A. Goerz, R. Kihara, G.E. Vogtlin, J.M. Zentler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; R.D. Scarpetti, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA MP-78 GEPI: A COMPACT PULSED POWER DRIVER FOR ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS AND FOR NON SHOCKED HIGH VELOCITY FLYER PLATES, G. Avrillaud, L. Courtois, F. Cubaynes, J. Guerre, P. Vincent, ITHPP, FRANCE; B.M. Kovalchuk, E.V. Kumpjak, N.V. Zoi, A. Kim, HCEI, RUSSIA; F. Lassalle, P.L. Hereil, S. Ritter, CEG, FRANCE MP-79 PLASMA PRECURSOR FORMATION IN MICROSECOND LINER COMPRESSION SYSTEMS, A.S. Chuvatin, Ecole Polytechnique, FRANCE; F. Hamann, Centre d’Etudes de Gramat, FRANCE MP-80 IVA RADIOGRAPHIC DRIVER SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION USING BERTHA, T.L. Guy, Bechtel Nevada, USA; D. Hinshelwood, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; P. Corcoran, J. Douglas, V. Bailey, D.L. Johnson, Titan - Pulsed Sciences Division, USA MP-81 DAMPING THE 8MHZ RINGING OF THE DARHT-II INJECTOR, B.T. McCuistian, A. Chavez, J. Barraza, H. Kirbie, K. Nielsen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA MP-82 THE IMPROVEMENT OF PULSE POWER SCHEME FOR 'BAIKAL' PROJECT, E.A. Azizov, S.G. Alikhanov, V. Bakhtin, E.V. Grabovsky, A.N. Gribov, Y.A. Halimullin, V. Levashov, A.P. Lototsky, A.M. Zhitlukhin, M.K. Krilov, V.D. Pismenni, Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research, RUSSIA; E.P. Velikhov, Y.G. Kalinin, A.S. Kingsep, G.I. Dolgachev, V.P. Smirnov, Kurchatov Institute, RUSSIA; V.A. Glukih, V.C. Kuchinsky, O.P. Pechersky, Efremov Institute, RUSSIA; A.I. Kormilitsyn, G.V. Rikovanov, Vniitf Snejinsk, RUSSIA; M.P. Galanin, Y.P. Popov, Institue of Mathematic Simulation RAS, RUSSIA MP-83 HYDRODYNAMIC LOADING OF STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS DUE TO ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE IN FLUIDS, P. Wakeland, M. Kincy, J. Garde, Sandia National Laboratories, USA MP-84 A COMPACT CAPILLARY PLASMA GENERATOR SYSTEM WITH SELFSWITCH, K.F. Liu, S.G. Xia, Y. Pan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CHINA MP-85 A COMPACT WIDEBAND RF ANTENNA-SOURCE USING A COAXIAL LINE DESIGN, S.W. Braidwood, K.D. Hong, Defence Science Technology Organisation, 15 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference AUSTRALIA MP-86 COMPACT FAST HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR UTILIZING TURNOFF CAPABILITY OF SI-THYRISTOR, S. Ibuka, R. Tsunoda, J. Shiina, T. Koyama, K. Yasuoka, S. Ishii, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN; N. Shimizu, Y. Imanishi, NGK Insulators, Ltd., JAPAN MP-87 ENERGY FLOW IN A PULSED-POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS, A. Larsson, P. Appelgren, G. Bjarnholt, T. Hultman, S.E. Nyholm, FOI -- Swedish Defence Research Agency, SWEDEN MP-88 HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSFORMER BASED ON MODERN CABLE TECHNOLOGY, A. Lindblom, P. Appelgren, A. Larsson, S.E. Nyholm, FOI -- Swedish Defence Research Agency, SWEDEN; J. Isberg, H. Bernhoff, Uppsala University, SWEDEN MP-89 NANOSECOND RISE TIME MINIPULSER FOR CELL ELECTROPERTURBATION, X. Gu, P. Wijetunga, A. Kuthi, M. Behrend, P.T. Vernier, M.A. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA MP-90 ADVANCED MULTI-GAP PSEUDOSPARK SWITCH, A. Kuthi, M. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA; K. Frank, University of Erlangen, GERMANY MP-91 RAPID CHARGER FOR HIGH REPETITION RATE PULSE GENERATOR, A. Kuthi, C. Young, F. Wang, M. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA MP-92 COMPACT HIGH-VOLTAGE PICOSECOND GENERATORS WITH 100MW PEAK POWER, V.M. Efanov, A.V. Kricklenko, V.A. Mankevich, A.O. Samuilov, P.M. Yarin, FID GmbH, GERMANY MP-93 SOLID STATE TLT FOR SPARK GAP TRIGGERING, M. Behrend, A. Kuthi, M. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA MP-94 DIRECT MOSFET DRIVE 20 NANOSECOND COMPACT IDUCTIVE ADDER, M. Behrend, A. Kuthi, M. Gundersen, Univeristy of Southern California, USA MP-95 TEMPORAL LIGHT EMISSION DEVELOPMENT OF A PULSED DISCHARGE IN WATER, X.P. Lu, M. Laroussi, S. Xiao, J. Kolb, K.H. Schoenbach, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, USA; S. Kono, on leave from Kumamoto University, JAPAN 16 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA MP-96 A COMPACT SUB-MICROSECOND GENERATOR OPERATING AT X-PINCH LOAD, L.E. Aranchuk, A.S. Chuvatin, J. Larour, Ecole Polytechnique, FRANCE; B. Roques, R. Cadiergues, Centre d’Etudes de Gramat, FRANCE MP-97 HIGH-CURRENT TESTING OF BATTERIES FOR POWERING COMPACT ARKADIEV-MARX GENERATOR, E.F. Talantsev, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA; S.I. Shkuratov, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, J. Bacon, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA MP-98 DEVELOPMENT OF A BLUMLEIN CERAMIC TRANSFORMER DRIVER (BCTD) FOR LINEAR INDUCTIVE VOLTAGE ADDER (LIVA) APPLICATIONS, R. Bailly-Salins, J.L. Lemaire, S. Joly, CEA-DAM, FRANCE MP-99 NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A COAXIAL PULSE POWER DEVICE FOR GENERATION OF VUV RADIATION, P. Loiseleur, J. Larour, P. Auvray, Laboratoire de Physique et Technologie des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique, FRANCE 17 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION M5 HIGH CURRENT ACCELERATORS (ZR ORIENTED) Monday June 16, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion A RALPH SCHNEIDER, Chair 3:30 M5-1,2 INVITED: THE Z REFURBISHMENT PROJECT (ZR) AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES, E.A. Weinbrecht, D.H. McDaniel, D.D. Bloomquist, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 4:00 M5-3 MODELING 6-MV GAS SWITCHES FOR THE ZR ACCELERATOR , S.E. Rosenthal, J.E. Maenchen, K.W. Struve, D.H. McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; J.P. Corley, Ktech Corporation, USA; J.M. Elizondo-Decanini, EMT Corporation, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences, USA; B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA 4:15 M5-4 OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF 4-MV WATER SWITCHES IN THE Z-20 ACCELERATOR, J.R. Woodworth, J. Lehr, P A. Miller, B. Aragon, W. Fowler, K. Hodge, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; G.S. Sarkisov, J. Corley, S. Drennan, D. Guthrie, G. Mowrer, M. Navarro, Ktech Corporation, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences, USA; J. Elizondo-Decanini, EMT Corporation, USA 4:30 M5-5 WATER SWITCHES IMPEDANCE FROM SCREAMER CIRCUIT MODEL AND EXPERIMENTAL WAVEFORM MATCH, J.M. Elizondo, EMT Corp., USA; K.W. Struve, J. Maenchen, D. McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D.L. Johnson, P. Corcoran, Titan/PSD, USA; K.R. Prestwich, Prestwich Consulting, USA 4:45 M5-6 PULSE SHAPING OF THE LOAD CURRENT ON THE Z ACCELERATOR, T.D. Pointon, H.C. Harjes, M.E. Savage, D.E. Bliss, R.W. Lemke, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 5:00 M5-7 Z-20 RELIABILITY CALCULATIONS, J.M. Elizondo, EMT Corp., USA; K.W. Struve, L. Bennett, D. McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 5:15 M5-8 ZR RELIABILITY AND OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, D.J. Anderson, D. Briand, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 18 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION M6 DIAGNOSTICS & RADIATION SOURCES Monday June 16, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion B RANDOLPH DAVIS, Chair 3:30 M6-1 RECENT ADVANCES IN HPM PULSE MEASUREMENT USING RESISTIVE SENSORS, Z. Kancleris, M. Dagys, R. Simniskis, Semiconductor Physics Institute, LITHUANIA; E. Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico, EECE Department, USA; F.J. Agee, AFOSR/NE, USA 3:45 M6-2 TIME-RESOLVED 1-10keV CRYSTAL SPECTROMETER FOR THE Z MACHINE AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY, D.V. Morgan, S. Gardner , R. Liljestrand, M. Madlener, S. Slavin, M. Wu, Bechtel Nevada, USA; T.J. Nash, Sandia National Laboratory, USA; V.L. Kantsyrev, D.A. Fedin, University of Nevada Reno, USA 4:00 M6-3 DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC SPOT SIZE DIAGNOSTIC FOR FLASH RADIOGRAPHIC X-RAY SOURCES, S. Lutz, D. Devore, D. Droemer, Bechtel Nevada, USA; D. Rovang, S. Portillo, J. Maenchen, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 4:15 M6-4 EMU, A NEW 10MV ELECTRON BEAM MACHINE AT AWE, M.A. Sinclair, T.F. Bryant, A. Stevens, Pulsed Power Group, AWE Aldermaston, UK 4:30 M6-5 PLASMA-FILLED DIODE FOR HIGH DOSE-RATE BREMSSTRAHLUNG , V. Harper-Slaboszewicz, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; B.V. Weber, D.D. Hinshelwood, D.P. Murphy, S.J. Stephanakis, V. Harper-Slaboszewicz, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA 4:45 M6-6 A COMPACT RADIOGRAPHIC SOURCE UTILIZING A ROD-PINCH DIODE DRIVEN DIRECTLY BY A COMPACT MARX GENERATOR, D.A. Goerz, W.J. DeHope, T.J. Ferriera, R.D. Speer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; H.E. Utiger, W. Skarda, E.J. McCrea, Bechtel Nevada, USA; G. Cooperstein, R.J. Boller, F.C. Young, R.J. Allen, Naval Research Laboratory, USA 5:00 M6-7 HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPIC X-RAY DIAGNOSTICS FOR STUDYING THE PLASMA PROPERTIES IN A Z-PINCH NEAR AND AT STAGNATION, E. Kroupp, D. Carasso, V. Goldovsky, V. Bernshtam, V. Fisher, Yu. Ralchenko, A. Starobinets, Yu. Zarnitsky, Y. Maron, Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL; I. Uschmann, E. Forster, Friedrich-Schiller University, GERMANY; A. Fisher, Faculty of Physics, Technion, ISRAEL 5:15 M6-8 LINE RADIATION OF HIGH-Z IONS WITH FERMI-DIRAC ELECTRON SHELL FILLING AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, S.F. Garanin, All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), RUSSIA 19 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION M7 BIOLOGICAL/MEDICAL APPLICATIONS & PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS Monday June 16, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion C JUERGEN KOLB, Chair 3:30 M7-1,2 INVITED: NON-THERMAL PLASMA APPLICATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT: GASEOUS ELECTRONICS AND POWER CONDITIONING (TUTORIAL), L.A. Rosocha, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 4:00 M7-3 A PULSE POWER FLASHLAMP SYSTEM FOR WATER DECONTAMINATION, G. Upadhyaya, R. Curry, K. McDonald, T. Clevenger, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA 4:15 M7-4 A 1KW PULSED CORONA SYSTEM FOR POLLUTION CONTROL APPLICATIONS, A. Pokryvailo, Y. Yankelevich, E. Abramzon, M. Wolf, S. Wald, Soreq NRC, ISRAEL; A. Welleman, ABB Switzerland Ltd., SWITZERLAND 4:30 M7-5 MODIFIED PINHOLE DISCHARGE FOR WATER TREATMENT, P. Sunka, V. Babicky, M. Clupek, P. Lukes, Institute of Plasma Physics, CZECH REPUBLIC 4:45 M7-6 OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF SHOCKWAVES GENERATED BY A PULSED STREAMER DISCHARGE IN WATER, D. Hemmert, K. Shiraki, T. Yokoyama, S. Katsuki, H. Akiyama, Kumamoto University, JAPAN 5:00 M7-7 OBSERVATION OF FREQUENCY “WINDOWS” IN BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE PULSES AND X-RAY PULSES, V.V. Rostov, A.A. Eltchaninov, A.I. Klimov, S.D. Korovin, Institute of High Current Electronics SD RAS, RUSSIA; M.A. Bolshakov, I.R. Knyazeva, Tomsk State University, RUSSIA; N.V. Litvyakov, N.V. Tcherdynseva, Cancer Research Institute TSC SD RAMS, RUSSIA 5:15 M7-8 USING SPECIFIC BINDING DNA CAPTURE ELEMENTS TO DIRECT PULSED POWER KILLING OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS, J.L. Kiel, J.E. Parker, P.A. Mason, P.J. Morales, LJV. Stribling, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA; M.A. Sloan, J. Vivekanananda, E.A. Holwitt, Conceptual MindWorks, Inc., USA 20 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION M8 COMPACT PULSED POWER Monday June 16, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion E WILLIAM CAREY, Chair 3:30 M8-1 MARX GENERATOR USING PSEUDOSPARK SWITCHES, A. Kuthi, M. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA; A. Neuber, Texas Tech University, USA 3:45 M8-2 AN IMPROVED ULTRA-COMPACT MARX GENERATOR, D.A. Goerz, T.J. Ferriera, J.B. Javedani, R.D. Speer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA 4:00 M8-3 CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF VECTOR INVERSION GENERATORS, S.A. Merryman, Auburn University-Space Research Institute, USA; M.F. Rose, Radiance Technologies, USA 4:15 M8-4 MODELING OF A COMPACT, PORTABLE TRANSMISSION LINE FOR PULSED-POWER APPLICATIONS, M. Joler, C.G. Christodoulou, E. Schamiloglu, J. Gaudet, University of New Mexico, USA 4:30 M8-5 APPLICATION OF HIGH-FLUENCE CONVECTIVE COOLING TO PULSED POWER COMPONENTS, R.J. Vidmar, University of Nevada, USA 4:45 M8-6 COMPACT PULSED POWER GENERATORS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, W. Jiang, K. Yatsui, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN 5:00 M8-7 THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF A COMPACT INDUSTRIAL MICROWAVE FREE ELECTRON MASER SYSTEM, C.C. Wright, R.A. Stuart, C. Petichakis, A.I. Al-Shamma'a, J. Lucas, The University of Liverpool, UK 5:15 M8-8 COMPACT PULSED POWER RF - EFFECTS DEMONSTRATION, K.J. Ruffing, WTD 81 - EME Competence Center, GERMANY 21 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference NOTES 22 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA TUESDAY JUNE 17, 2003 PLENARY SESSION II Reunion E & F 8:00 - 10:00 PETER TURCHI, Chair 8:00 TPLEN-1 "Z REFURBISHMENT AND THE PATH TO HIGH YIELD AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES" D. McDaniel Sandia National Laboratories, USA 8:30 TPLEN-2 "THE ROLE OF PULSED POWER IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND COUNTERTERRORISM" H.C. Kirbie Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 9:00 TPLEN-3 "STATUS OF THE DIODE RESEARCH PROGRAMME AT AWE" J. O' Malley Atomic Weapons Establishment, UK 9:30 TPLEN-4 "PULSED-POWER APPLICATIONS TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AT EDI, NAGAOKA" K. Yatsui, Weihua Jiang, Hisayuki Suematsu, Tsuneo Suzuki, and Makoto Hirai Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN 10:30 - 12:30 T1 • T2 • T3 • T4 • Particle Beams Insulation & Dielectric Breakdown Pulsed MHD Generators & Generators/Networks Solid State Switches 1:30 - 3:00 Poster Session II 3:30 - 5:30 T5 • T6 • T7 • T8 • High Current Accelerators (Radiography Oriented) Explosive-Driven Pulsed Power & Electric Armaments Biological/Medical Applications & Pulsed Power Applications High Power Microwaves 23 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION T1 PARTICLE BEAMS Tuesday June 17, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion A BRUCE WEBER, Chair 10:30 T1-1,2 INVITED: INTENSE ION BEAMS OF ADJUSTABLE SPECIES FROM THE MAP ACTIVE ION SOURCE FOR MATERIALS INTERACTION APPLICATIONS , T.J. Renk, D.J. Johnson, P.P. Provencio, C.L. Olson, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; M.O. Thompson, Cornell University, USA; K. Kasuya, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN 11:00 T1-3 GENERATION AND TRANSPORT OF LOW ENERGY INTENSE PROTON BEAM, Vit. Bystritskii, E. Garate, A. Qerushi, N. Rostoker, Y. Song, A. VanDrie, M. Anderson, S. Armstrong, N. Debolt, K. Walters, M. Morhause, University of California at Irvine, CA, 92697, USA; V. Matvienko, A. Petrov, Institute of Nuclear Physics, RUSSIA; I. Isakov, Institute of High Voltage, RUSSIA 11:15 T1-4 FIELD EMITTER ARRAY CATHODES FOR HIGH CURRENT DENSITY, HIGH CURRENT APPLICATIONS, P.R. Schwoebel, C.A. Spindt, C.E. Holland, SRI International, USA 11:30 T1-5 MEASURING MULTI-MEGAVOLT VOLTAGES USING COMPTONGENERATED ELECTRONS, S.B. Swanekamp, F.C. Young, Titan/Jaycor, USA; B.V. Weber, D.D. Hinshelwood, S.J. Stephanakis, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; N.R. Pereira, Ecopulse, USA 11:45 T1-6 ELECTRON SOURCES BASED ON HIGH-CURRENT GASEOUS PLASMAS DISCHARGES, Ya . Krasik, A. Krokhmal, J.Z. Gleizer, J. Felsteiner, Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL; V. Gushenets, Institute of High Current Electronics, RAS, RUSSIA 12:00 T1-7 STUDY OF A LOW ENERGY PULSED ELECTRON BEAM EXTRACTION SYSTEM , P.R. Chalise, M. Watanabe, A. Okino, E. Hotta , Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN; K.C. Ko, Hanyang University, KOREA 12:15 T1-8 POWER CONDITIONING WITH E-BEAM CONVERGENCE, V. Chornyi , A. Frolov, G. Tsepilov, V. Dubina , A. Chornyi, V. Solovyov, Kharkiv National University, UKRAINE 24 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION T2 INSULATION & DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN Tuesday June 17, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion B JOHN MANKOWSKI, Chair 10:30 T2-1 PHYSICS OF DIELECTRIC SURFACE FLASHOVER AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, J.T. Krile, A.A. Neuber, J.C. Dickens, H.G. Krompholz, Texas Tech University, USA 10:45 T2-2 PRE-BREAKDOWN CURRENT BEHAVIOR IN DC VOLUME BREAKDOWN IN TRANSFORMER OIL, M. Butcher, A.A. Neuber, H. Krompholz, J. Dickens, Texas Tech University, USA 11:00 T2-3 MODEL ANALYSES OF POTENTIAL INSTABILITIES IN HIGH-VOLTAGE, WATER-BASED SWITCHES, J. Qian, R.P. Joshi, S. Kono, J. Kolb, M. Laroussi, K.H. Schoenbach, Physical Electronics Research Institute, Old Dominion University, USA 11:15 T2-4 HV HOLD-OFF OF LARGE SURFACE AREA STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES WITH PULSED ELECTRON BEAM TREATMENT, D.I. Proskurovsky, A.V. Batrakov, V.P. Rotshtein, K.V. Karlik, Institute of High Current Electronics, RUSSIA; D.J. Johnson, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 11:30 T2-5 INVESTIGATION OF VACUUM INSULATOR SURFACE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH WITH NANOSECOND PULSES, W.C. Nunnally, M. Krogh, C. Williams, S. Sampayan, G. Caporaso, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA 11:45 T2-6 SURFACE FLASHOVER ACROSS CERAMIC DISKS IN VACUUM AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES, H. Keene, A.A. Neuber, J.C. Dickens, The Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Texas Technical University, USA 12:00 T2-7 ELECTRON THERMAL CONDUCTION MAINTAINED STATIONARY DISCHARGE WITH MAGNETIC FLUX OUTFLOW THROUGH INSULATOR SURFACE, S.F. Garanin, D.V. Karmishin, All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), RUSSIA 12:15 T2-8 NANOSECOND LASER-TRIGGERED MICROWAVE SWITCH, M.M. McQuage, A.A. Neuber, J.C. Dickens, Texas Technical University, USA 25 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION T3 PULSED MHD GENERATORS & GENERATORS/NETWORKS Tuesday June 17, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion C RICKEY FAEHL, Chair 10:30 T3-1 THE WORLD'S HIGHEST ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY OF A SHOCK-TUBE DRIVEN DISK CCMHD GENERATOR, T. Murakami, Y. Okuno, H. Yamasaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN 10:45 T3-2 INFLUENCE OF RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENT ON STABILITY AND DISCHARGE STRUCTURE OF He/Xe MHD GENERATOR, N. Harada, T. Tashiro, E. Konno, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN 11:00 T3-3 THE NATURAL FREQUENCIES OF UNIFORM LC LADDER PULSE FORMING NETWORKS, J.M.A. Ashbourn, P.W. Smith, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK 11:15 T3-4 THE STLT - AN ULTRA-WIDEBAND HIGH-RATIO PULSE TRANSFORMER, R.A. Buckles, Bechtel Nevada Corporation, USA 11:30 T3-5 FACTORS AFFECTING MAXIMUM POWER GENERATION IN A PIEZOELECTRIC PULSE GENERATOR, C. Keawboonchuay, T.G. Engel, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA 11:45 T3-6 FREQUENCY AND BANDWIDTH AGILE PULSER FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS TESTING , M.C. Skipper, M.D. Abdalla, S.P. Romero, ASR Corporation, USA; J.S. Tyo, University of New Mexico, USA 12:00 T3-7 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDY OF HORN POWER SUPPLY, W. Zhang, J. Sandberg, W-T. Weng, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA 12:15 T3-8 PSEUDOSPARK BASED PULSE FORMING CIRCUIT FOR TRANSIENT PLASMA IGNITION EXPERIMENTS, F. Wang, A. Kuthi, M. Gundersen, Department of Electrical Engineering -Electrophysics, USC, USA 26 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION T4 SOLID STATE SWITCHES Tuesday June 17, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion E STEPHEN BAYNE, Chair 10:30 T4-1 A THEORY OF ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS, K.E. Kambour, C.W. Myles, Texas Tech University, USA; H.P. Hjalmarson, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 10:45 T4-2 INVESTIGATION OF IGBT-DEVICES FOR PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS, S. Scharnholz, R. Schneider, E. Spahn, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, FRANCE; A. Welleman, S. Gekenidis, ABB Switzerland Ltd, SWITZERLAND 11:00 T4-3 SOLID STATE SWITCHES IN BIPOLAR (THYRISTOR) AND BIMOS (IGBT) TECHNOLOGY FOR REPETITIVE PULSE APPLICATIONS, A. Welleman, W. Fleischmann, ABB Switzerland Ltd, Semiconductors, SWITZERLAND 11:15 T4-4 PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE OPTICAL ABSORPTION DEPTH, HIGH FIELD, LINEAR, PHOTO-CONDUCTIVE SWITCHES, D. Cooperstock, M. Aubuchon, W. Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA 11:30 T4-5 COMPARISON OF SILICON, GALLIUM ARSENIDE, SILICON CARBIDE AND GALLIUM NITRIDE FET-TYPE SWITCHES FOR PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS, X. Gu, Q. Shui, M.A. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA; C.W. Myles, Texas Tech University, USA 11:45 T4-6 SEMICONDUCTOR OPENING SWITCHES BASED ON 4H-SiC p + p on + DIODES, I.V. Grekhov, P.A. Ivanov, D.V. Khristyuk, S.V. Korotkov, Ioffe Institute, RAS, RUSSIA 12:00 T4-7 A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF IGBT GEOMETRIES - MITIGATING UNDESIRED DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY ADVERSE FAULT SCENARIOS, G.E. Leyh, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA 12:15 T4-8 HIGH POWER SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED NANO AND SUBNANOSECOND PULSE GENERATORS WITH LOW DELAY TIME, I.V. Grekhov, S.V. Korotkov, A.L. Stepaniants, D.V. Khristyuk, Ioffe Institute, RAS, RUSSIA 27 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference TUESDAY POSTER SESSION 2 / EXHIBITS Tuesday June 17, 2003 1:30 - 3:00, JOSEPH SCHUMER, Chair Particle Beams (TP 1-18), Insulation and Dielectric Breakdown (TP 19-31), Generators and Networks (TP 32-37), Explosive-Driven Pulsed Power (TP 38-61), Electric Armaments (TP 62-66), Biological/Medical Applications (TP 67-82), and High Power Microwaves (TP 83-99) TP-01 CONSIDERATIONS OF ROD-PINCH DIODE OPERATION IN NEGATIVE POLARITY FOR RADIOGRAPHY, G. Cooperstein, S.B. Swanekamp, J.W. Schumer, P.F. Ottinger, R.J. Commisso, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; S.B. Swanekamp, Titan/Jaycor, USA TP-02 RADIOGRAPHIC RESULTS FOR THE ROD-PINCH DIODE SCALED UP TO 6 MV, F.C. Young , R.J. Commisso, R.J. Allen, D. Mosher, S.B. Swanekamp, G. Cooperstein, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, USA; C. Vermare, J. Delvaux, Y. Horde, E. Merle, R. Nicolas, D. Nore, O. Pierret, Y.R. Rosol, Y. Tailleur, L. Veron, Polygône d’Expérimentation de Moronvilliers, FRANCE; F. Bayol, A. Garrigues, C. Delbos, Centre d’ Etudes de Gramat, FRANCE; B.V. Oliver, D.V. Rose, D. Rovang, J. Maenchen, Sandia National Laboratories, USA TP-03 CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOSITE ROD-PINCH-DIODE RADIOGRAPHIC SOURCES AT 5 TO 6 MV ON ASTERIX, D. Mosher, R.J. Allen, R.J. Commisso, SB. Swanekamp, F.C. Young, G. Cooperstein, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Reaserch Laboratory, USA; C. Vermare, J. Delvaux, Y. Horde, E. Merle, R. Nicolas, D. Nore, O. Pierret, Y.R. Rosol, Y. Tailleur, L. Veron, Polygone d'Experimentation de Moronvilliers, FRANCE; F. Bayol, A. Garrigues, C. Delbos, G. Nicot, Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, FRANCE; B. Oliver, D.R. Rose, D. Rovang, J. Maenchen, Sandia National Laboratories, USA TP-04 VLASOV MODEL FOR THE IMPEDANCE OF A ROD-PINCH DIODE, P.F. Ottinger, J.W. Schumer, S. Strasburg, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; S.B. Swanekamp, Titan-JAYCOR Division, USA; B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA TP-05 STRONGLY-PERTURBED NON-EQUILIBRIUM GAS PHYSICS MODEL FOR THE PARAXIAL DIODE TRANSPORT CELL, S. Strasburg, D.D. Hinshelwood, J.W. Schumer, D. Mosher, P.F. Ottinger, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA TP-06 2-D LSP SIMULATIONS OF THE SELF MAGNETIC PINCH DIODE., J. Threadgold, I. Crotch, S. Clough, Pulsed Power Group, AWE Aldermaston, UK; D. Rose, Mission Research Corporation, USA; J. Maenchen, Sandia National Labs, USA 28 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA TP-07 ON THE CURRENT OF AN ANNULAR ELECTRON BEAM WITH A VIRTUAL CATHODE IN A DRIFT TUBE, S.Y. Belomyttsev, A.A. Grishkov, S.D. Korovin, V.V. Ryzhov, Institute of High Current Electronics, RUSSIA TP-08 PERVEANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTENSE ELECTRON BEAMS IN HIGH POWER CYLINDRICAL DIODES, K.Y. Sung, W. Jeon, S.H. Chun, K.B. Song, Y. Jung, M.C. Choi, E.H. Choi, Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University, KOREA; H.S. Uhm, Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, KOREA TP-09 THE COMPRESSING OF PULSED HIGH CURRENT ELECTRON BEAMS BY LENSES FROM HTSC FOR RADIOGRAPHY, S. Korenev, STERIS CORPORATION, USA TP-10 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE COMPARISON OF IMAGING PLATES AND FILM FOR X-RAY SOURCE SPOT SIZE MEASUREMENTS, S. Portillo, D. Rovang, E. Puetz, I. Molina, Sandia National Laboratories, USA TP-11 SURVEY OF PLASMA DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO RADIOGRAPHIC DIODES, E. Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico, USA; K. Hahn, D. Rovang, I. Molina , J. Maenchen, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D. Welch, D. Rose, B. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA; B. Weber, D. Ponce, D. Hinshelwood, Naval Research Laboratory, USA TP-12 FILAMENTATION INSTABILITY OF SELF-FOCUSED HOLLOW ELECTRON BEAM, H. Uhm, Ajou University, KOREA; E. Choi, Kwangwoon University, KOREA TP-13 DENSE PLASMA FORMATION ON THE SURFACE OF A FERROELECTRIC CATHODE, K. Chirko, A. Sayapin, Ya. Krasik, J. Felsteiner, Physics Department, Technion, 32000 Haifa, ISRAEL TP-14 IMPROVED CATHODE PERFORMANCE USING A CERAMIC HONEYCOMB EMITTER, M. Myers, M. Friedman, J.D. Sethian, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, USA; F. Hegeler, Commonwealth Technology, Inc., USA; S.B. Swanekamp, TITAN/JAYCOR, USA TP-15 GENERATION OF E-BEAM FOR HEATING A PLASMA IN MULTIPLE MIRROR TRAP GOL - 3 , A.V. Arzhannikov, V.T. Astrelin, V.B. Bobylev, A.V. Burdakov, V.G. Ivanenko, V.S. Koidan, S.A. Kuznetsov, V.V. Postupaev, S.L. Rovenskikh, S.L. Sinitsky, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, RUSSIA TP-16 --- WITHDRAWN --- 29 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference TP-17 BEHAVIOR OF ABLATION PLASMA PRODUCED BY INTENSE PULSED ION BEAM, N. Harada, H. Sakurada, C. Buttapeng, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technolo; K. Yatsui, W. Jiang, Extreme Energy Density Research Institute, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN TP-18 COLLECTIVE IONS ACCELERATION IN MODIFIED LUCE DIODE, V.I. Chelpanov, P.I. Golyakov, V.G. Kornilov, A.A. Volkov, E.P. Volkov, V.D. Selemir, V.S. Zhdanov, A.A. Khizhnyakov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-19 A CRITICAL REVIEW OF FAST TRANSIENT BREAKDOWN IN SOLID INSULATORS, A. Wraight, R. Hoad, Spectrum Solutions, QinetiQ, UK TP-20 HIGH-VOLTAGE HOLD-OFF OF LARGE SURFAE AREA METAL ELECTRODES WITH DIELECTRIC SURFACE LAYERS, D.J. Johnson, H.C. Ives, M.E. Savage, W.A. Stygar, Sandia National Laboratories, USA TP-21 THE INFLUENCE OF CONTAMINATION DURING THE EXPLOITATION ON TRANSFORMER OIL BREAKING VOLTAGE, P. Osmokroviæ, Z. Lazareviæ, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, YUGOSLAVIA; N. Borovac, Power Delivery Co, YUGOSLAVIA; Z. Jeremiæ, Elektromorava, YUGOSLAVIA TP-22 THE MODEL LAW FOR SF6 INSULATED SYSTEMS, P. Osmokroviæ, N. Kartaloviæ, I. Milovanoviæ, 1Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, YUGOSLAVIA; M. Gajiæ - Kvašèev, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science, Radiation Protection Department, YUGOSLAVIA TP-23 STATIC AND DYNAMIC RADIOACTIVE RESISTANCE OF GAS FILLED SURGE ARRESTERS, B. Lonèar, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Y; P. Osmokroviæ, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, YUGO; S. Stankoviæ, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science, Radiation Protection Depart; A. Vasiæ, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, YU TP-24 HIGH VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN STRENGTH OF RAPID PROTOTYPE MATERIALS, F.E. Peterkin, J.L. Stevens, J.F. Sharrow, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, USA TP-25 OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF LIQUID NITROGEN VOLUME PREBREAKDOWN EVENTS, M. Butcher, A.A. Neuber, H. Krompholz, J. Dickens, Texas Tech University, USA TP-26 DC Vs. AC EFFECTS OF THIN FILM SURFACE FLASHOVER, J.D. Buneo, J.L. Zirnheld, K.M. Burke, W.J. Sarjeant, University at Buffalo, USA TP-27 PULSED AND SELF ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN IN BIODEGRADABLE OIL, M.D. Cevallos, J.C. Dickens, A.A. Neuber, M.A. Haustein, H.G. Krompholz, Texas Tech University, USA 30 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA TP-28 HYBRID SUPERCONDUCTING-MAGNETIC FAULT CURRENT LIMITER, L.L. Altgilbers, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA; S. Balevicius, N. Zurauskiene, V. Stankevic, P. Cimmperman, F. Anisimovas, Semiconductor Physics Institute, LITHUANIA TP-29 TRANSIENT OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS OF ELECTRICAL FIELD AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN PULSE CHARGED WATER GAPS, S. Kono, B. Goan, J. Kolb, S. Xiao, S. Katsuki, X. Lu, M. Laroussi, R.P. Joshi, K.H. Schoenbach, Physical Electronics Research Institute, Old Dominion Univ., USA TP-30 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF BREAKDOWN PROBABILITY FOR COMPACT HIGH-VOLTAGE INDUSTRIAL DEVICES WITH GASEOUS INSULATION, K.V. Dubovenko, Institute of Pulse Research and Engineering, UKRAINE TP-31 HIGH VOLTAGE NANOSECOND BREAKDOWN IN LIQUID DIELECTRICS , J. Wang, P. Yan, S.C. Zhang, G.S. Sun, W. Gao, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, CHINA; Y.X. Zhou, Electrical Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, CHINA TP-32 TRANSMISSION LINE ANALYSIS OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING QUADRUPOLE CHAINS OF THE LHC COLLIDER, F. Bourgeois, K. DahlerupPetersen, CERN, SWITZERLAND TP-33 A COMPACT AND FLEXIBLE HIGH-VOLTAGE NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATOR, X. Wang, M. Han, L. Zeng, Y. Chen, Dept. of Electrical Eng.,Tsinghua University, CHINA TP-34 COMPACT, REPETITIVE PULSE-POWER GENERATORS FOR COMMERCIAL AND LABORATORY APPLICATIONS, Y. Livshitz, A. Izhar, O. Gafri, Pulsar Magnetic Technologies, ISRAEL TP-35 DEVELOPMENT OF A TERAWATT TEST STAND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FOR FAST, MULTI-CHANNEL SWITCHING ANALYSIS, K.R. LeChien, J.M. Gahl, A. Benwell, M.A. Kemp, R.D. Curry, University of MissouriColumbia, USA; J.M. Elizondo, K.W. Struve, Sandia National Laboratories, USA TP-36 SIMULATION OF A CAPACITOR STORE CHARGING IN THE CIRCUITS WITH FREQUENCY CONVERTERS, K.V. Dubovenko, Institute of Pulse Research and Engineering, UKRAINE TP-37 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A REPETITIVE MARX GENERATOR, L. Veron, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - PEM, FRANCE; J.C. Brion , Europulse, FRANCE TP-38 PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FROM INSULATED W-WIRES FOR MC-1 GENERATOR LINERS, M.B. Kozlov, A.I. Bykov, M.I. Dolotenko, N.I. Egorov, D.I. Zenkov, N.P. Kolokol’chikov, I.M. Markevtsev, A.N. Moiseenko, V.D. Selemir, O.M. Tatsenko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA 31 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference TP-39 ANALYSIS OF POSSIBILITIES TO INCREASE FINAL MAGNETIC FIELD OF MAGNETOCUMULATIVE MC-1 GENERATOR, M.I. Dolotenko, M.B. Kozlov, V.D. Selemir, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-40 OPERATION EFFICIENCY OF INPUT SWITCHING DEVICE IN MEGAAMPERE CLASS HELICAL EMG, V.K. Chernyshev, B.T. Egorytcev, Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russia Scientific Research, Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF), RUSSIA TP-41 EXPLOSIVE MAGNETIC GENERATORS OF POWERFUL HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSES, A.I. Kucherov, V.K. Chernyshev, G.I. Volkov, A.M. Glybin, V.A. Ivanov, A.I. Krayev, A.B. Mezhevov, S.V. Pak, A.N. Skobelev, RFNC-VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-42 SMALL SIZED MFCG FOR DRIVING A HIGH IMPEDANCE LOAD, J.C.L. Hernandez, A.A. Neuber, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, USA TP-43 FERROMAGNETIC AND FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS AS SEED SOURCES FOR MAGNETIC FLUX COMPRESSORS, N. Schoeneberg, J. Walter, A.A. Neuber, J. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, USA TP-44 COMPACT EXPLOSIVE-DRIVEN HIGH-POWER GENERATORS BASED ON SHOCK WAVE DEPOLARIZATION OF EC-64 HIGH-ENERGY PIEZOCERAMICS, S.I. Shkuratov, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA; E.F. Talantsev, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA TP-45 CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF EXPLOSIVELY SHOCKED ALUMINUM AND OFHC COPPER USED FOR ARMATURE MATERIAL IN A MAGNETIC FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATOR, D. Hemmert, J.J. Mankowski, A. Neuber, J. Rasty, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, USA TP-46 DESIGN CRITERIA FOR PREVENTION OF ARMATURE "TURN-SKIPPING" IN HELICAL MAGNETIC FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATORS, J. Dickens, A.A. Neuber, M. Kristiansen, Pulsed Power and Power Electronics Laboratory - Texas Tech University, USA; J. Rasty, X. Le, Mechanical Engineering Department - Texas Tech University, USA TP-47 DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL, TAPERED STATOR HELICAL MAGNETIC FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATORS, B.L. Freeman, J.C. Boydston, J.M. Ferguson, B.A. Lindeburg, A.D. Luginbill, T.E. Tutt, Texas A&M University, USA TP-48 MODELING FLUX LOSSES IN HELICAL FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATORS USING A 50mm FORM FACTOR, J.C. Boydston, B.L. Freeman, Texas A&M University, USA 32 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA TP-49 EXPLOSIVE SOURCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY ON THE BASIS OF SMALL CLASS (Ø250MM) DEMG WITH PONDEROMOTIVE UNIT, NONEXPLOSIVE LINER AND SYSTEM OF CASCADES, V.K. Chernyshev, V.V. Vakhrushev, V.I. Shpagin, V.B. Kudelkin, RFNC-VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-50 ENERGY SOURCE ON THE BASIS OF MIDDLE CLASS (Ø400MM) DEMG WITH A MINIMUM OF HE, V.K. Chernyshev, V.V. Vakhrushev, RFNC-VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-51 ELECTROEXPLOSIVE ENERGY SOURCE ON THE BASIS OF SMALL CLASS (Ø250MM) DEMG FOR CYLINDRICAL LINERS COMPRESSION, V.K. Chernyshev, V.V. Vakhrushev, RFNC-VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-52 THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE ON EXPLODING WIRE ARRAY OPENING SWITCH BY THE SURROUNDING MEDIUM, W.-P. Xie, C.-T. Ying, Department of Engineering Physics, TsingHua University, CHINA; S.-R. Hao, M.-H. Wang, W. Han, Y.-M. Dai, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, CHINA; B.-N. Ding, China Academy of Engineering Physics, CHINA TP-53 THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HIGH VOLTAGE EXPLOSION MAGNETIC FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATOR, W.-P. Xie, C.-T. Ying, Department of Engineering Physics, TsingHua University, CHINA; Q.-Z. Sun, S. Fu, X.-G. Gong, Z.-F. Liu, W.-F. Dai, Y. Ci, Y.-M. Dai, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, CHINA; B.-N. Ding, China Academy of Engineering Physics, CHINA TP-54 ELECTRO-EXPLOSIVE CURRENT OPENING SWITCH POWERED FROM MAGNETO-CUMULATIVE GENERATOR, V.A. Demidov, A.S. Boriskin, N.V. Stepanov, I.V. Konovalov, S.A. Kazakov, K.V. Shibalko, V.A. Yanenko, I.V. Rozhnov, S.N. Golosov, E.V. Shapovalov, A.S. Shuvalov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-55 ENERGY SOURCE BASED ON HELICAL MCG FOR HIGH-IMPEDANCE LOADS POWERING, A.S. Boriskin, Y.V. Vlasov, A.V. Vaskin, S.N. Golosov, V.A. Demidov, E.M. Dimant, V.A. Ionov, S.A. Kazakov, N.R. Kazakova, V. Kutumov, L.N. Plyashkevich, A.P. Romanov, E.V. Shapovalov, E.I. Schetnikov, V.A. Yanenko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-56 MAGNETO-CUMULATIVE GENERATOR FOR METAL CONDUCTORS BEHAVIOR STUDIES UNDER EFFECT OF HIGH-CURRENT PULSE, V.A. Demidov, L.N. Plyashkevich, A.S. Boriskin, S.A. Kazakov, E.V. Shapovalov, A.P. Romanov, E.M. Dimant, S.N. Golosov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-57 STUDIES OF ENERGY SOURCE, BASED ON HELICAL MCG WITH SIMULTANEOUS HE-CHARGE INITIATION ON AXIS, A.S. Kravchenko, Y.V. Vilkov, A.S. Yuryzhev, M.M. Saitkulov, I.M. Brusnigin, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA 33 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference TP-58 HELICAL MAGNETO-CUMULATIVE GENERATOR POWERED FROM CONSTANT MAGNETS, V.E. Gurin, A.B. Boriskin, V.A. Demidov, S.N. Golosov, M.V. Klimashov, A.S. Pikar, E.V. Shapovalov , Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-59 MULTI-ELEMENT DISK GENERATOR OF COMPLEX EMIR, A.S. Boriskin, Y.V. Vlasov, V.A. Demidov, S.A. Kazakov, Y.N. Lashmanov, A.P. Romanov, V.D. Selemir, V.A. Yanenko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA TP-60 NONLINEAR CIRCUITS DRIVEN BY MAGNETIC FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATORS, Ya. Tkach, Yu. Tkach, Institute of Electromagnetic Research, Ukraine; L.L. Altgilbers, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA TP-61 RESISTANCE MODEL FOR MAGNETOCUMULATIVE GENERATORS, P. Tracy, Tracy Research Associates, USA; L.L. Altgilbers, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA TP-62 PERFORMANCE IMPORVEMENT OF 2.4MJ PULSE POWER SUPPLY FOR ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL PROPULSION RESEARCH, Y.S. Jin, H.S. Lee, J.S. Kim, G.H. Rim, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), KOREA; JS. Kim, G.Y. Sung, J.W. Jung, Agency for Defense Development (ADD) of Korea, KOREA TP-63 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION FOR A CURRENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE RAIL ACCELERATOR, V. Chemerys, Institute of Electrodynamics, UNAS, UKRAINE; A. Raychenko, Institute of Problems for Material Science, UNAS, UKRAINE TP-64 ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DIFFUSION INTO THE ELECTRODES AND ARMATURE OF RAIL ACCELERATOR USING THE METHOD OF GREEN'S FUNCTIONS, V. Chemerys, Institute of Electrodynamics, UNAS, UKRAINE; V. Gorin, Institute of Physics, UNAS, Kyiv, UKRAINE TP-65 DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALL-BORE, HIGH-EFFICIENCY, HELICAL COIL ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER, T.G. Engel, W.C. Nunnally, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; J. Neri, Naval Research Laboratory, USA TP-66 INITIAL OPERATION, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF A LOWVELOCITY AUGMENTED RAILGUN, J.M. Neri, J.S. Kim, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA TP-67 INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBILITIES FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF DENTAL CARIES, REJ. Sladek, E. Stoffels, R. Walraven, Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS TP-68 BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF A LOW PRESSURE MICROWAVE LAMP, A.I. Al-Shamma'a, I. Pandithas, J.D. Cullen, J. Lucas, J.J. Lowke, The University of Liverpool, UK 34 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA TP-69 CHARACTERISTICS OF LARGE VOLUME CORONA DISCHARGE BY RBD, S.W. Ahn, J.G. Kang, H.S. Uhm, Ajou University, KOREA TP-70 TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF CORONA DISCHARGE USING BIDIRECTIONAL PULSED VOLTAGE IN WIRE-CYLINDER REACTOR, H.J. Ju, H.D. Hwang, J.H. Park, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Hanyang University, KOREA; K.C. Ko, Div. of Electric and Computer Eng., Hanyang University, KOREA TP-71 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STEADY – STATE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE DC DISCHARGE * FOR BIOLOGICAL – MEDICAL APPLICATIONS , M. Thiyagarajan, I. Alexeff, University of Tennessee, USA TP-72 APPLICATION OF PULSED POWER TO MUSHROOM CULTURING, S. Tsukamoto, Ariake National College of Technology, JAPAN; T. Maeda, M. Ikeda, Forestry Reseach and Instruction Station of Kumamoto Prefecture, JAPAN; H. Akiyama, Kumamoto University, JAPAN TP-73 STIMULATION OF PULSED-PERIODICAL DIFFUSE DISCHARGE TO BE USED FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION STERILISATION, E.Y. Shcolnikov, O.V. Garkusha, S.P. Maslennikov, N.N. Netchaev, A.E. Novozhilov, G.Y. Lai, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), RUSSIA TP-74 SHORT PULSE ELECTRIC FIELD STERILIZATION OF LIQUID MEDIA, J.J. Mankowski, A. Neuber, J.C. Dickens, D. Wetz, K. Truman, Texas Tech University, USA TP-75 EFFECTS OF 4.5T PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS ON THE PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF HEPG2 CELLS, X.L. Huo, T. Zheng, W. Yang, T. Song, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA TP-76 EFFECT OF PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS ON SEROTONIN IN HYPOTHALAMUS OF RATS , X.Q. Bao, T. Xu, X.L. Huo, T. Song, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Science, CHINA TP-77 REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS ON THE EFFECTS OF ULTRA-SHORT HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES ON BIOLOGICAL CELLS, M. Artemiou, C. Rivera, N. Chen, C. Jiang, S. Kono, J. Kolb, R.J. Swanson, K.C. Loftin, K.H. Schoenbach, Old Dominion University, USA TP-78 HIGH VOLTAGE NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATORS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, S. Kono, J. Kolb, K.H. Schoenbach, Physical Electronics Research Institute, Old Dominion Univ., USA TP-79 MEGAWATT, PULSED ULTRAVIOLET PHOTON SOURCES FOR MICROBIAL INACTIVATION, P. Hancock , K. McDonald, R. Curry, The University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; L. Altgilber, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA 35 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference TP-80 EFFECT OF LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA OF HIGH-VOLTAGE DIFFUSE GAS DISCHARGE ON MICROBIOLOGICAL OBJECTS, S.N. Buranov, S.V. Voevodin, I.A. Voevodina, V.I. Karelin, P.B. Repin, V.D. Selemir, Russian Federal Nuclear Center - VNIIEF, RUSSIA; S.Y. Usacheva, P.S. Zubeev, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Medical Diagnostic Center, RUSSIA TP-81 PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD INACTIVATION OF SPOILAGE MICROORGANISMS IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND THE INFLUENCE OF PULSE PROFILE, J.R. Beveridge, K. Wall, S.J. MacGregor, J.G. Anderson, N.J. Rowan, Electronic Pasteurisation & Sterilisation Technologies (EPAST), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK TP-82 BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PULSED STREAMER DISCHARGES IN WATER, S. Katsuki, K. Shiraki, T. Namihira, H. Akiyama, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kumamoto University, JAPAN TP-83 HIGH-POWER ULTRAWIDEBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE SOURCE, Y.A. Andreev, V.P. Gubanov, A.M. Efremov, V.I. Koshelev, S.D. Korovin, B.M. Kovalchuk, V.V. Kremnev, V.V. Plisko, A.S. Stepchenko, K.N. Sukhushin, Institute of High Current Electronics, RAS, RUSSIA TP-84 INVESTIGATIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ENLARGEMENT OF POWER CONVERSION FOR SUPERRADIATIVE, Ka-BAND RELATIVISTIC BWO , S.D. Korovin, V.V. Rostov, Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Division, RAS, RUSSIA; G.A. Mesyats, V.G. Shpak, M.I. Yalandin, Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Division, RAS, RUSSIA TP-85 TWO-DIMENSIONAL PIC SIMULATIONS OF SOME NARROWBAND AND ULTRA-WIDEBAND HPM SOURCES, G. Singh, A. Majalee, S. Chaturvedi, Institute for Plasma Research, INDIA TP-86 RADIATION PATTERN OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE FROM AN AXIALLY EXTRACTED VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR, Y. Jung, K.B. Song, K.Y. Sung, W. Jeon, K.B. Jung, S.H. Chun, E.H. Choi, Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University, KOREA TP-87 A DIODE DESIGN STUDY OF THE VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR WITH RING-TYPE REFLECTOR, W. Jeon, K.Y. Sung, Y. Jung, K.B. Song, S.H. Chun, M.C. Choi, E.H. Choi, Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University, KOREA; M. Kristiansen, Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA 36 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA TP-88 GENERATION, PROPAGATION AND DIAGNOSTICS OF A LONG PULSE ANNULAR ELECTRON BEAM FOR AN HPM SOURCE, K.J. Hendricks, J. Heggemeier, G. Baca, M.D. Haworth, D. Shiffler, T.A. Spencer, K. Cartwright, P. Mardahl, Air Force Research Lab., USA; J. Watrous, Numerex, USA; S. Humphries, Field Precision, USA; M. LaCour, K. Golby, SAIC, USA TP-89 EXPERIMENTS ON HEAVILY-LOADED HELIX TRAVELING WAVE TUBE, H.S. Kim, H.S. Uhm, Plasma Technology Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering and Dept. of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, KOREA; G.S. Park, School of Physics, Seoul National University, KOREA TP-90 DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH FREQUENCY AND HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE TRANSFORMER FOR TWT HVPS, S.C. Kim, S.H. Nam, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH, KOREA; H.M. Kwon, D.S. Park, LG Innotek Co., Ltd R&D Group, KOREA TP-91 REPETITIVE OPERATION OF VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR WITH AN AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD , M. Onoi, K. Minami, M. Yatsuzuka, Himeji Institute of Technology, JAPAN TP-92 STUDY ON THE EFFECT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ELECTROPORATION OF MEMBRANE ON SEVERAL NEURONS AND CELLS INDUCED BY EMP AND HPM , D. Wang, H. Deng, X.Z. Cao, M.L. Zhao, R.Y. Peng, J.G. Zhang, Institute of Radiation Medicine, CHINA TP-93 HIGH-POWER KLYSTRON AMPLIFIER ANALYSIS USING PIC SIMULATION, C.C. Motta, Centro Tecnológico da Marinha, BRAZIL; J.J. Barroso, National Space Reseach Institute, BRAZIL TP-94 PRESSURE FIELD ALONG THE AXIS OF A HIGH-POWER KLYSTRON AMPLIFIER, F.T. Degasperi, Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo, BRAZIL; S.L.L. Verardi, IBILC - UNESP, BRAZIL; C.C. Motta, Centro Tecnológico da Marinha, BRAZIL TP-95 REFLEX-TRIODE GEOMETRY OF THE VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR, M. Lara, J. Dickens, J. Mankowski, M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, USA TP-96 CAVITY RESONANCE EFFECT ON A COAXIAL VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR, X. Chen, J. Dickens, E.H. Choi, J. Mankowski, L. Hatfield, M. Kristiansen, Center of Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, TTU, USA TP-97 SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIATION FROM POWERFUL PLANAR FEM AND PLASMA INFLUENCE ON ITS GENERATION, A.V. Arzhannikov, V.G. Ivanenko, P.V. Kalinin, A.S. Kuznetsov, S.A. Kuznetsov, S.L. Sinitsky, V.D. Stepanov, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, RUSSIA; N.S. Ginzburg, N.Y. Peskov, Institute of Applied Physics, RUSSIA 37 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference TP-98 NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF AN ANTENNA-AMPLIFIER CHERENKOV MASER WITH A ROD SLOW-WAVE STRUCTURE OPERATING IN NONAXISYMMETRIC MODE, A. Shlapakovski, Nuclear Physics Institute, Tomsk Polytechnic University, RUSSIA; W. Jiang, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN; E. Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA TP-99 BROADBAND BEAMLESS GENERATOR WITH THE PROLONGED PULSE, V.V. Dunyashev, V.A. Somov, Y.V. Tkach, I.N. Chepurniy, Institute of Electromagnetic Research, Ukraine; L.L. Altgilbers, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA 38 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION T5 HIGH CURRENT ACCELERATORS (RADIOGRAPHY ORIENTED) Tuesday June 17, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion A VICTOR CARBONI, Chair 3:30 T5-1,2 INVITED: INDUCTION VOLTAGE ADDER ARCHITECTURES AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS, I. Smith, P. Corcoran, V. Carboni, V. Bailey, H. Kishi, D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; J. Maenchen, I. Molina, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; R. Carlson, D. Fulton, K. Hahn, J. Smith, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; D. Droemer, Bechtel Nevada, USA; K. Thomas, M. Phillips, S. Croxon, R. Forgan, AWE Aldermaston, UK 4:00 T5-3 ADVANCES IN PULSED POWER MODELING AND EXPERIMENTATION ON THE RITS ACCELERATOR, V. Bailey, V. Carboni, P. Corcoran, J. Douglas, D.L. Johnson, I. Smith, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; I. Molina, S. Portillo, K. Reed, K. Hahn, E. Puetz, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; S. Cordova, R. Woodring, KTech Corporation, USA; D. Droemer, Bechtel Nevada, USA 4:15 T5-4 STATUS OF THE MERCURY PULSED–POWER GENERATOR, A 6-MV, 360-KA, MAGNETICALLY-INSULATED INDUCTIVE VOLTAGE ADDER , R.J. Commisso, R.J. Allen, G. Cooperstein, R.C. Fisher, D.D. Hinshelwood, D.P. Murphy, J.M. Neri, P.F. Ottinger, D.G. Phipps, J.W. Schumer, O. Stoltz, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; K. Childers, V. Bailey, D. Creeley, J. Kishi, M. Klatt, H. Nishimoto, I. Smith, Titan Pulsed Sciences Division, USA; P. Hoppe, H.J. Bluhm, Forschungszentrum, IHM, Karlsruhe, GERMANY 4:30 T5-5 PIM - A BLUMLEIN DRIVEN IVA MACHINE, K.J. Thomas, M.C. Williamson, S.G. Clough, M.J. Philips, M.A. Sinclair, AWE, H36, Aldermaston, UK; I.D. Smith, V.L. Bailey, P. Corcoran, H.J. Kishi, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; J.E. Maenchen, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 4:45 T5-6 DARHT-II COMMISSIONING STATUS, B.T. McCuistian, O. Abeyta, P. Aragon, L. Caudill, C. Ekdahl, S. Eversole, D. Dalmas, J. Harrison, E. Jacquez, J. Johnson, H. Kirbie, D. Moir, N. Montoya, K. Nielsen, D. Oro, M. Reed, L. Rodriguez, M. Sanchez, J. Schwaegel, D. Simmons, J. Studebaker, G. Sullivan, C. Swinney, R. Temple, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; S. Eylon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA; T. Houck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; R. Sturges, Bechtel Nevada, USA 5:00 T5-7 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MITL POWER-FLOW STUDIES ON RITS, B.V. Oliver, T.C. Genoni, Mission Research Corporation, USA; D.L. Johnson, V.L. Bailey, P. Corcoran, I. Smith, Titan Pulsed Sciences, USA; J.E. Maenchen, I. Molina, K. Hahn, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 5:15 T5-8 DESIGN AND TESTING OF A HIGH IMPEDANCE MITL FOR RITS-3*, V.L. Bailey, D.L. Johnson, P. Corcoran, I. Smith, Titan Pulsed Sciences, USA; B.V. Oliver, D. Rose, D. Welsh, Mission Research Corporation, USA; J.E. Maenchen, I. Molina, D. Rovang, K. Hahn, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 39 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION T6 EXPLOSIVE-DRIVEN PULSED POWER & ELECTRIC ARMAMENTS Tuesday June 17, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion B BUCUR NOVAC, Chair 3:30 T6-1 COMPACT EXPLOSIVE-DRIVEN FERROMAGNETIC GENERATORS OF PRIMARY POWER, S.I. Shkuratov, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA; E.F. Talantsev, Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech Universtity, USA 3:45 T6-2 THE EMG OF MA CURRENT PULSES WITH THE SHORT RISE TIME, A. Chernyshev, A. Vasin, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, RUSSIA 4:00 T6-3 ANALYSIS OF EXPLOSIVELY FORMED FUSE EXPERIMENTS, J.H. Goforth, H. Oona, D.G. Tasker, J.C. King, D.H. Herrera, D.T. Torres, E.A. Lopez, W.L. Atchison, I.R. Lindemuth, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 4:15 T6-4 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR SMALL FCGs AND LARGER FCGs, B.L. Freeman, J.C. Boydston, J.M. Ferguson, B.A. Lindeburg, A.D. Luginbill, T.E. Tutt, Texas A&M University, USA 4:30 T6-5 PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY LIMITS OF INCH-SIZED HELICAL MFCG's, A.A. Neuber, T.A. Holt, J.L. Hernandez, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, USA 4:45 T6-6 FAST MODELLING AND DESIGN ISSUES OF HELICAL FLUXCOMPRESSION GENERATORS, I.R. Smith, B.M. Novac, Loughborough University, UK 5:00 T6-7 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MAGNETO-CUMULATIVE GENERATOR FOR LIGHTNING SIMULATION, V.B. Mintsev, A.E. Ushnurtsev, V.E. Fortov, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS, RUSSIA; A.V. Shurupov, A.A. Leontyev, Y.V. Karpushin, A.A. Kulikov, Shatura Department of ITES RAS, RUSSIA 5:15 T6-8 SOME RESULTS OF THE ELECTROMECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION CONSIDERATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS ANALYSIS IN THE RAILGUN AND COILGUN, V. Chemerys, Institute of Electrodynamics, UNAS, UKRAINE 40 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION T7 BIOLOGICAL/MEDICAL APPLICATIONS & PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS Tuesday June 17, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion C HANSJOACHIM BLUHM, Chair 3:30 T7-1,2 INVITED: ELECTRICAL MODELING OF PULSED POWER SYSTEMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, P. Wijetunga, X. Gu, T. Vernier, A. Kuthi, M. Behrend, M.A. Gundersen, University of Southern California, USA 4:00 T7-3 CHARACTERIZATION OF A MODEL WIRE-PLATE PULSED CORONA PLASMA REACTOR, M. Baldauf, T. Hammer, W. Hartmann, M. Römheld, Siemens AG Corporate Technology, GERMANY 4:15 T7-4 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF PULSED WIRE DISCHARGE, W. Jiang, T. Suzuki, H. Suematsu, K. Yatsui, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN 4:30 T7-5 PULSED POWER APPLICATION TO PRODUCE SILVER NANOPOWDERS , Y.H. Jung, J.S. Kim, H.S. Lee, G.H. Rim, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute ( KERI ), KOREA 4:45 T7-6 APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC SPARK FOR INCREASING OF PULP YIELD WITH KRAFT COOKING , G.A. Shneerson , S.I. Krivosheev , A.P. Nenashev , Y.E. Adamian , V.M. Vasilevsky, State Technical University, RUSSIA; R.B. Belodubrovsky, T.Y. Mironova , V.G. Ermolinsky , I.N. Zukova , State Institute of Pulp-Paper Industry, RUSSIA 5:00 T7-7 REPETITIVE PULSED POWER TO SERVE NANO TECHNOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, EJM. van Heesch, K. Yan, AJM. Pemen, S.A. Nair, GJJ. Winands, A.A. Barba, Eindhoven University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS; G. Van Oost, Department of Applied Physics, Ghent University, BELGIUM; I. de Jong, GeoResources, THE NETHERLANDS 5:15 T7-8 STATUS OF 5MW INDUCTIVE STORAGE FACILITY AT SOREQ NRC, A. Pokryvailo, I. Ziv, Soreq NRC, ISRAEL 41 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION T8 HIGH POWER MICROWAVES Tuesday June 17, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion E DIANA LOREE, Chair 3:30 T8-1 EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES OF VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATORS, W. Jiang, M. Sato, N. Shimada, S.D. Prasad, K. Yatsui, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN 3:45 T8-2 EFFICIENCY RESULTS FROM A COAXIAL VIRCATOR USING A SIMPLE FEEDBACK TECHNIQUE, J.J. Mankowski, J.C. Dickens, X. Chen, M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, USA; E.H. Choi, Kwangwoon University, KOREA 4:00 T8-3 EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE GENERATION FROM A CYLINDRICAL VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR WITH RING-TYPE REFLECTOR, E.H. Choi, W. Jeon , K.Y. Sung, S.H. Chun, K.B. Song, Y. Jung, M.C. Choi, Department of Electrophysics, Kwangwoon University, KOREA; H.S. Uhm, Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, KOREA 4:15 T8-4 PULSE WIDTH LIMITATION IN AN S-BAND TWO-SECTIONAL VIRCATOR, S.A. Kitsanov, A.I. Klimov, S.D. Korovin, B.M. Kovalchuk, I.K. Kurkan, S.V. Loginov, I.V. Pegel, S.D. Polevin, S.N. Volkov, A.A. Zherlitsyn, Institute of High Current Electronics, SD, RAS, RUSSIA 4:30 T8-5 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE-IN-CELL CALCULATIONS OF AN OVERMODED W-BAND GYROTRON, J.J. Watrous, M.F. Frese, NumerEx, USA; J.W. Luginsland, SAIC, USA 4:45 T8-6 SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CURRENT FOR A CYLINDRICAL DIODE, X. Chen, J. Dickens, E.H. Choi, M. Kristiansen, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, TTU, USA 5:00 T8-7 MEASURING THE UPSET OF CMOS AND TTL DUE TO HPM-SIGNALS, N. Esser, B. Smailus, ABB Corporate Research Center, GERMANY 5:15 T8-8 HIGH POWER MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR VEHICLE INTEGRATION, M. Jung, Th. Weise, Rheinmetall W&M GmbH, GERMANY 42 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 2003 PLENARY SESSION III Reunion E & F 8:30 - 10:00 MAGNE (KRIS) KRISTIANSEN, Chair 8:30 ERWIN MARX AWARD LECTURE V.K. CHERNYSHEV Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, Russia 9:15 PETER HAAS AWARD LECTURE H. AKIYAMA Kumamoto University, Japan 10:30 - 12:30 W1 • W2 • W3 • W4 • Particle Beams (Radiography) Components for Pulsed Power Pulsed Power Applications Closing and Opening Switches 1:30 - 3:00 Poster Session III 3:30 - 5:30 W5 • W6 • W7 • W8 • High Current Accelerators (General Orientation) Repetitive Pulsed Power Systems Pulsed Power Applications Compact Pulsed Power 43 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION W1 PARTICLE BEAMS (RADIOGRAPHY) Wednesday June 18, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion A GERALD COOPERSTEIN, Chair 10:30 W1-1 OVERVIEW OF THE 6-MV, ROD-PINCH EXPERIMENT ON ASTERIX, RJ. Commisso, F.C. Young, R.J. Allen, D. Mosher, S.B. Swanekamp, G. Cooperstein, Pulsed Power Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; C. Vermare, J. Delvaux, Y. Horde', E. Merle, R. Nicolas, D. Nore', O. Pierret, Y.R. Rosol, Y. Tailleur, L. Veron, Polygone d' Experimentation de Moronvilliers, FRANCE; F. Bayol, A. Garrigues, C. Delbos, G. Nicot, Centre d' Etudes de Gramat, FRANCE; B.V. Oliver, D.R. Rose, D. Rovang, D.L. Johnson, J. Maenchen, K. Prestwich, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 10:45 W1-2 ANGULAR DOSE VARIATIONS FROM 4-6 MV ROD-PINCH EXPERIMENTS ON THE ASTERIX PULSED-POWER GENERATOR, R.J. Allen, R.J. Commisso, G. Cooperstein, D. Mosher, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, USA; S.B. Swanekamp, F.C. Young, Titan/Jaycor, USA; C. Vermare, J. Delvaux, Y. Hordé, E. Merle, R. Nicolas, D. Noré, O. Pierret, Y.R. Rosol, Y. Tailleur, L. Véron, Polygône d’Expérimentation de Moronvilliers, FRANCE; F. Bayol, A. Garrigues, C. Delbos, Centre d’ Etudes de Gramat, FRANCE; J. Maenchen , Sandia National Laboratories, USA; B.V. Oliver, D.V. Rose, Mission Research Corporation, USA 11:00 W1-3 RECENT PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMMERSED DIODES, D. Rovang, K. Hahn, J. Maenchen, I. Molina, S. Portillo, K. Reed, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D. Droemer, Bechtel-Nevada, USA; D. Van De Valde, EG&G, USA; B. Oliver, D. Rose, D. Welch, Mission Research Corporation, USA; D. Hinshelwood, D. Ponce, B. Weber, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulsed Sciences, USA; E. Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico, USA; S. Cordova, Ktech Corporation, USA 11:15 W1-4 ELECTRON-BEAM TRANSPORT STUDIES FOR RADIOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS, D.D. Hinshelwood, D.M. Ponce, D.P. Murphy, J.W. Schumer, S.D. Strasburg, B.V. Weber, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA 11:30 W1-5 TRANSPORT OF A RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAM IN A PLASMA-FILLED FOCUSING CELL FOR X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY, D.R. Welch, D.V. Rose , B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA; J.E. Maenchen, D.C. Rovang, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 11:45 W1-6 SPATIAL AND TIME RESOLVED INTERFEROMETRY OF PLASMA FILLED ROD PINCH DIODES, D.M. Ponce, D. Phipps*, D.D. Hinshelwood, B.V. Weber, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; *Jaycor/Titan, USA 12:00 W1-7 ELECTRODE-EXPANSION MHD IN A PLASMA-FILLED ROD PINCH, D. Mosher, J.W. Schumer, B.V. Weber, D. Ponce, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Reaserch Laboratory, USA 12:15 W1-8 SELF MAGNETIC PINCH DIODE EXPERIMENTS AT AWE, I. Crotch, J. Threadgold, M. Sinclair, A. Pearce, Pulsed Power Group, AWE Aldermaston, UK 44 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION W2 COMPONENTS FOR PULSED POWER Wednesday June 18, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion B JIM SARJEANT and JENNIFER ZIRNHELD, Chair 10:30 W2-1,2 INVITED: HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PULSED POWER CAPACITORS, F.W. MacDougall, J.B. Ennis, R.A. Cooper, J. Bates, K. Seal, General Atomics Energy Products,Sorrento Electronics, Inc., USA 11:00 W2-3 MODELING ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITORS, OR WHEN A CAPACITOR IS NOT A CAPACITOR, A. Bushnell, J. Ennis, R. Cooper, General Atomics Energy Products, Sorrento Electronics, USA; R. Miller, Titan Pulsed Sciences Division, USA 11:15 W2-4 PRECISION CAPACITOR CHARGING SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIES, J. Jichetti, A. Bushnell, R. McDowell, General Atomics Energy Products, Sorrento Electronics, USA 11:30 W2-5 FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS ON ENERGY BANK CAPACITORS, J.P. Marret, D. Rubin de Cervens, CEA DAM, FRANCE; C. Vincent, P. Michalczyk, TPC, FRANCE 11:45 W2-6 100kV CAPACITOR DEVELOPMENT FOR FAST MARX GENERATORS, R.A. Cooper, J.B. Ennis, W.J. Gratza, General Atomic Energy Products, Sorrento Electronics Inc., USA; A.R. Miller, S.K. Lam, P.S. Sincerny, Titan - Pulse Sciences Division, USA; R. Davis, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, USA 12:00 W2-7 HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY CHARGING OF CAPACITOR BANKS FOR PULSED DISCHARGE APPLICATIONS, I.R. Smith, R.J. Cliffe, Loughborough University, UK; J. Brown, Dstl, Fort Halstead, UK 12:15 W2-8 Li ION ENERGY STORAGE FOR PULSE POWER APPLICATIONS, T. Matty, Saft America, USA 45 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION W3 PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS Wednesday June 18, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion C WERNER HARTMANN, Chair 10:30 W3-1 SOLID STATE HYBRID MODULATOR FOR THE NEXT GENERATION LINEAR COLLIDER, J.A. Casey, F.O. Arntz, M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.A. Kempkes, Diversified Technologies, Inc., USA; S.L. Gold, J.P. Eichner, R.F. Koontz, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA 10:45 W3-2 HIGH ENERGY PULSED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR LARGE CALIBRE ETCGUNS READY FOR PLATFORM INTEGRATION, Th. Weise, Rheinmetall W&M GmbH, GERMANY 11:00 W3-3 PULSED POWER DESIGN FOR A SMALL REPETITIVELY PULSED ELECTRON BEAM PUMPED KrF LASER, D. Morton, D. Weidenheimer, T. DaSilva, J. Lisherness, T. Tatman, D. Spelts, I. Smith, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; L. Schlitt, Leland Schlitt Consulting Services, USA; R. Sears, WTP Engineering, USA; J. Sethian, M. Myers, Naval Research Laboratory, USA; A. Mangassarian, Science Applications International Corp ; T. Albert, Commonwealth Technology, Inc. 11:15 W3-4 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DOUBLE DISCHARGE PULSED ELECTRON BEAM GENERATOR, H. Goktas, A. Alacakir, Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center, TURKEY; G. Oke, A. Esendemir, I. Yildiz, A. Seyhan, Middle East Technical University, Physics Department, TURKEY; H. Kirkici, Auburn University, Electrical Engineering, USA; M. Udrea, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, ROMANIA 11:30 W3-5 THE EFFECT OF THE TARGET SURFACE AREA TO THE CURRENT AND VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PULSED MODULATOR FOR PLASMA-BASED ION IMPLANTATION AND DEPOSITION PROCESS, K. Yukimura, T. Muraho, Department of Electrical Engineering, Doshisha University, JAPAN 11:45 W3-6 NOx DECOMPOSITION WITH REPETITIVE DISCHARGES CAUSED BY RECIPROCAL VOLTAGE PULSE IN A COAXIAL CABLE, K. Kadowaki, S. Nishimoto, I. Kitani, EhimeUniversity, JAPAN 12:00 W3-7 PULSED SHUNTING ARC GENERATION AND DEPOSITION OF AMORPHOUS CARBON, K. Yukimura, M. Kumagai, Department of Electrical Engineering, Doshisha University, JAPAN; K. Takaki, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Iwate University, JAPAN; M. Kumagai, Material Engineering Division, Kanagawa Industrial Technology Research Institute, JAPAN 12:15 W3-8 FLUE GAS TREATMENT USING DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE WITH MULTIPOINT ELECTRODE, K. Takaki, S. Kato, S. Mukaigawa, T. Fujiwara, Iwate University, JAPAN 46 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION W4 CLOSING & OPENING SWITCHES Wednesday June 18, 2003 10:30 - 12:30, Reunion E RICHARD NESS, Chair 10:30 W4-1,2 INVITED: THE ROLE OF THE PLASMA COMPOSITION IN THE MAGNETIC FIELD EVOLUTION IN PLASMA OPENING SWITCHES, D. Osin, R. Arad, K. Tsigutkin, V. Bernshtam, A. Starobinets, Y. Maron, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL; A. Fisher, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL 11:00 W4-3 THE ELECTROSTATIC PLASMA INJECTION SWITCH (EPIS), M. Chung, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, TAIWAN; E. Kunhardt, Department of Physics, Steven Institute of Technology, USA 11:15 W4-4 PICOSECOND HIGH VOLTAGE TRIGGERING OF A PRESSURIZED SPARK GAP, J. Hendriks, G.J.H. Brussaard, Eindhoven University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS 11:30 W4-5 OPTICALLY-ACTIVATED SWITCHES FOR LOW-JITTER PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS, F.J. Zutavern, A. Mar, J.M. Lehr, M.W. O'Malley, L.D. Roose, J.C. Armijo, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 11:45 W4-6 LASER-TRIGGERED WATER SWITCHING, J.R. Woodworth, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences, USA 12:00 W4-7 DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POWER, HIGH PRESSURE, REP-RATE, LIQUID DIELECTRIC SWITCHES, R. Curry, K. McDonald, J. Leckbee, P. Norgard, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; R. Cravey, Alpha-Omega Power Technologies, USA; G. Andersen, G. Salo, The Boeing Company, USA; S. Heidger, Wright Patterson Airforce Base, USA 12:15 W4-8 EVALUATION OF MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND INSULATION SYSTEMS FOR REPETITION-RATE PULSE COMPRESSION APPLICATIONS, K.F. McDonald, R.D. Curry, R. Narsetti, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; R. Ness, P. Melcher, C. Huang, CYMER, Inc., USA 47 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION WP POSTER SESSION 3 / EXHIBITS Wednesday June 18, 2003 1:30 - 3:00, RAYMOND ALLEN, Chair Components for Pulsed Power (WP 1-16), Pulsed Power Applications (WP 17-52), Closing and Opening Switches (WP 53-84), Repetitive Pulsed Power Systems (WP 85-96), and Inertial Power Generation (WP 97) WP-01 DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PREFIRE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR THE FRX-L MAIN CAPACITOR BANK , W.J. Waganaar, J.C. Cochrane, K.W. Hosack, T. Intrator, P. Sanchez, J.M. Taccetti, M.C. Thompson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; C. Grabowski, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA WP-02 EFFICIENT, HIGH POWER LASER TO MULTI-FIBER COUPLER FOR TIRGGERING OPTICAL ACTIVATED SWITCHES, M.S. Aubuchon, W.C. Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columiba, USA WP-03 SKIN EFFECT IN MASSIVE CONDUCTORS OF PULSED ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, B.E. Fridman, Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus, RUSSIA WP-04 APPLICATION OF COAXIAL CABLE LENGTHS FOR PROTECTION OF CAPACITORS IN LARGE CAPACITOR BANKS, B.E. Fridman, A.A. Drozdov, V.F. Prokopenko, V.V. Vesnin, Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus, RUSSIA WP-05 DYNAMIC DEFORMATION OF A SOLENOID WIRE DUE TO INTERNAL MAGNETIC PRESSURE, REVISED, E.L. Ruden, G.F. Kiuttu, Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, USA; M.H. Frese, S.D. Frese, Numerex, USA WP-06 TWO ZR MARX GENERATOR OPERATING CONFIGURATIONS THAT MAKE POSSIBLE THEIR ROLLING UPGRADE INTEGRATION INTO Z , D.L. Smith, J.M. Wilson, M.J. Slattery, D.A. Tabor, G.L. Donovan, Sandia National Laboratories, USA WP-07 ZR MARX CAPACITOR VENDOR EVALUATION RESULTS AND PROCUREMENT STRATEGY , D.L. Smith, M.E. Savage, J.E. Maenchen, D.H. McDaniel, M.J. Slattery, E.A. Weinbrecht, D.L. Kitterman, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; R.L. Starbird, Bechtel-Nevada, USA WP-08 PRE-PULSE SUPPRESSION ON EROS AT AWE, M.A. Sinclair, I. Crotch, J. Threadgold, M. Philips, Pulsed Power Group, AWE Aldermaston, UK 48 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA WP-09 ONE-TURN COIL AND FIELD-SHAPER DESIGN FOR INDUSTRIAL USE OF PULSE POWER MAGNETIC PROCESSES, Y. Livshitz, A. Izhar, O. Gafri, Pulsar Magnetic Technologies, ISRAEL WP-10 HIGH CURRENT, HIGH di/dt SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES FOR SINGLE- AND REPETITIVE PULSE APPLICATIONS, A. Welleman, W. Fleischmann, ABB Switzerland Ltd, Semiconductors, SWITZERLAND WP-11 Si vs SiC DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION, S.L. Kaplan, S. Bayne, T. Griffin, C.W. Tipton, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA WP-12 INVESTIGATION OF A COMPACT, INPUT POWER-LIMITED CAPACITOR CHARGING SUPPLY, D. Surls, Institute for Advanced Technology, USA; T.G. Engel, University of Missouri - Columbia, USA WP-13 AUTOMATIC TEST SYSTEM FOR LIFETIME TESTING OF 100 KILOVOLT SCYLLAC-STYLE ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITORS, M.E. Savage, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; R.L. Starbird, Bechtel Nevada, USA; G.R. Ziska, R.A. Sharpe, KTECH Corporation, USA WP-14 STATUS OF THE NEVADA SHOCKER AT THE UNIVERISTY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS, R.A. Schill, Jr., W. Culbreth, C. Nielsen, M. Popek, N. Sipe, B. Blackstone, S. Goldfarb, W. Fitzgerald, J. Larson, M. Walker, S. Nosal, G. Lull, G. Viggato, T. Raymond, V A. Subramanian, R. Kant, S. Capar, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA WP-15 HIGH-VOLTAGE ANNULAR CERAMIC CAPACITOR, D.A. Goerz, T.J. Ferriera, R.D. Speer, S.C. Beard, D.A. Lahowe, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA WP-16 CERAMIC CAPACITOR FOR ENERGY DISCHARGE APPLICATION, L. Dai, F. Lin, J. Li, Z. Zhu, Dept. of High voltage, Huazhong University of Science & Tech, CHINA WP-17 A SYSTEM FOR REPETITIVE PULSED CORONA PLASMAS, WITH ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, N. Georgescu, A. Vulpe , R. Minea, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, ROMANIA WP-18 UPGRADE OF THE SLAC DAMPING RING KICKERS WITH SOLID STATE MODULATORS, C. Pappas, SLAC, USA WP-19 COMPACT 200kJ PULSE POWER SYSTEM WITH A SIMPLE CROWBAR CIRCUIT, Y.S. Jin, H.S. Lee, J.S. Kim, Y.B. Kim, G.H. Rim, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), KOREA 49 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference WP-20 BREAKING OF ICE SHEETS USING SHOCK WAVE PRODUCED BY PULSED POWER , SI. Satoshi Ihara, CY. Chobei Yamabe, Saga University WP-21 DEGRADATION OF PTFE BY PULSED ELECTRON BEAM IN VACUUM CONDITIONS, S. Korenev, STERIS CORPORATION, USA WP-22 INTERACTION OF COUNTERSTREAMING INTENSE PLASMA FLOWS, G.N. Dudkin, B.N. Nechaev, V.N. Padalko, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tomsk Polytechnic University, RUSSIA; V.M. Bystritskii, V.A. Stolupin, Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, RUSSIA; Vit. Bystritskii, University of California at Irvine, USA; Ya. Voznyak, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, POLAND WP-23 SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT BY ARC DISCHARGE, H.Y. Lee , H.N. Choi, Y.J. Jung, H.S. Uhm, Ajou University, KOREA; B.K. Kang, Plasmart, KOREA; S.M. Hong, Daewoo E&C CO., LTD, KOREA WP-24 SHORT IMPULSE OF TRANSITION RADIATION EXITATED BY A RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BUNCH , V.A. Balakirev, N.I. Onishchenko, D.Y. Sidorenko, G.V. Sotnikov , NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, UKRAINE WP-25 NO REDUCTION BY A PULSED AMMONIA RADICAL INJECTION USING ONECYCLE SINUSOIDAL POWER SOURCE, K. Yukimura, I. Nagao, K. Yamamoto, Department of Electrical Engineering, Doshisha University, JAPAN; S. Kambara, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,LTD., JAPAN; T. Maruyama, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, JAPAN WP-26 THE COIL'S FIXED STRUCTURE OF RECONNECTION GUN (RCG) AND THE EFFECT ON ITS PERFORMANCE, S.K. Cheng, X.P. Li, L.L. Li, G.Y. Luo, H.Y. Gao, Y.S. Hu, Harbin Institute of Technology, CHINA WP-27 CERAMICS JOINING USING EXPLOSIVE METAL FOIL, K. Takaki, Y. Takada, M. Itagaki, S. Mukaigawa, T. Fujiwara, Iwate University, JAPAN; S. Ohshima, Iwate Industrial Promotion Center, JAPAN; I. Takahashi, T. Kuwashima, Iwate Industrial Research Institute, JAPAN WP-28 TAYLOR ANVIL IMPACT WITH LONGITUDINAL ELECTRICAL CURRENT, M. Mayseless, Y. Me-Bar, Rafael Ballistics Center, ISRAEL; E. Gruss, IDF, MIL., ISRAEL WP-29 DEPENDENCE OF THE DENSITY OF ELECTRONS PRODUCED BY PULSED SURFACE CORONA DISCHARGE FOR PRE-IONIZATION ON PULSED VOLTAGE WAVEFORM, Y. Minamitani, A. Ogami, Y. Higashiyama, Yamagata University, JAPAN 50 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA WP-30 WATER PURIFICATION USING PULSED STREAMER DISCHARGES IN MICROBUBBLED WATER , T. Namihira, D. Wang, T. Takashima, S. Katsuki, H. Akiyama, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kumamoto University, JAPAN WP-31 DIESEL EXHAUST CONTROL USING A MEGNETIC PULSE COMPRESSOR, T. Namihira, D. Wang, K. Fujiya, S. Katsuki, H. Akiyama, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kumamoto University, JAPAN WP-32 INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCEDURES FOR TRANSIENT MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY MEASUREMENTS ON AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE-LIKE TEST SETUP, D.L. Schweickart, J.C. Horwath, L.C. Walko, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, USA; O. Altay, S.A. Sebo, R. Caldecott, The Ohio State University, USA WP-33 PROCESSING TEST DATA GENERATED BY HIGH SURGE CURRENT TESTS ON A FUSELAGE-LIKE TEST SETUP, R. Caldecott, O. Altay, S.A. Sebo, The Ohio State University, USA; D.L. Schweickart, J.C. Horwath, L.C. Walko, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, USA WP-34 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND DISCHARGES ON ADVANCED POWER SYSTEMS, J.F. Prewitt, R. St. John, S. Oetzel, G. Skidmore, Mission Research Corporation, USA; L. Hatfield, H. Krompholz, Texas Tech University, USA; S. Calico, S. Iden, D. Borger, Lockheed Martin Aerospace, USA; J. Havey, Consultant, USA; S. Graybill, Consultant, USA WP-35 BIOFOULING PREVENTION WITH A PULSED DISCHARGE, S. Kunitomo, T. Obo, Ebara Research Co., Ltd, JAPAN WP-36 PRODUCTION OF OZONE USING NANOSECOND SHORT PULSED POWER, N. Shimomura, M. Wakimoto, H. Togo, The University of Tokushima, JAPAN; T. Namihira, H. Akiyama, Kumamoto University, JAPAN WP-37 POWDER AS A INITIAL MATTER FOR PULSED HIGH CURRENT DISCHARGES, T. Yokoyama, K. Takano, T. Amano, S. Ibuka, K. Yasuoka, S. Ishii, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN WP-38 MODE STRUCTURE INSIDE AN EMP SIMULATOR - AN ANALYSIS OF FDTD SIMULATION, S. Ahmed, D. Raju, A. Majalee, S. Chaturvedi, Institute for Plasma Research, INDIA WP-39 IGUR-3 – ELECTRON BEAM PULSE GENERATOR, A.I. Kormilitsyn, V.S. Diyankov, V.I. Martynov, V.B. Bratchikov, A.S. Ganeev, V.Y. Kononenko, A.I. Vedernikov, N.Y. Kas’yanov , RFNC-VNIITF, RUSSIA WP-40 ELECTROMAGNETIC FLUX-COMPRESSION: DETAILED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELLING, B.M. Novac, I.R. Smith, Loughborough University, UK 51 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference WP-41 A THREE-LEVEL DC-DC CONVERTER WITH WIDE-INPUT VOLTAGE OPERATIONS FOR SHIP-ELECTRIC-POWER-DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, B.M. Song, R. McDowell, A. Bushnell, General Atomic Energy Products, Sorrento Electronics, Inc., USA WP-42 FULL DIGITAL 150kV-1A ZVS CONVERTER FOR X-LAY POWER APPLICATIONS, D.W. Yoo, J.W. Back, H.S. Son, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, KOREA; B.M. Song, Sorrento Electronics Inc., USA WP-43 NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATORS FOR MICRODISCHARGE EXCIMER LAMPS, M.M. Moselhy, K.H. Schoenbach, Physical Electronics Research Institute, Old Dominion Univ., USA WP-44 STUDIES OF SPARK DISCHARGE IN SOIL AT LIGHTNING CURRENT PULSE REPRODUCTION USING MCG, V.D. Selemir, V.A. Terekhin, A.S. Kravchenko, Y.V. Vilkov, G.M. Spirov, V.A. Zolotov, O.M. Tatsenko, A.S. Yuryzhev, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-45 USE OF ULTRA-HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES STUDIES, V.V. Platonov, I.M. Markevtsev, A.N. Moiseenko, V.D. Selemir, O.M. Tatsenko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA; M. Ortenberg, Humboldt-University of Berlin, GERMANY WP-46 CHANGE OF SELF-CATALYZED REACTIONS RATE UNDER MAGNETIC FIELDS EFFECT, V.B. Ukraintsev, V.A. Matsura, V.V. Potekhin, K.A. Khokhryakov, A.P. Shpachenko, Saint-Petersburg State Technical Institute, RUSSIA; E.G. Orlikova, V.V. Platonov, V.D. Selemir, O.M. Tatsenko, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-47 A HIGH PRESSURE, REP-RATE, LIQUID DIELECTRIC SWITCH TEST-STAND, P. Norgard, R. Curry, K. McDonald, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA WP-48 HYBRID SUPERCONDUCTING-MAGNETIC FAULT CURRENT LIMITER, L. Altgilbers, US Army Missile Defence and Space Technology Center, USA; S. Balevicius, N. Zurauskiene, V. Stankevic, P. Cimmperman, Semiconductor Physics Institute, LITHUANIA WP-49 TREATMENT OF SO2 BY PULSED, INTENSE RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAM IN DISTANT GAS CHAMBER, G. Imada, H. Ochiai, T. Sakurai, K. Yatsui, Nagaoka University of Technology, JAPAN WP-50 DESIGN OF 10kW SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND DISCHARGE CIRCUIT FOR WIRE-CUT ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE, I.-W. Jeong, J.-S. Kim, M.V. Pavlovets, J.-H. Kim, H.-J. Ryoo, H.-S. Lee, G.-H. Rim, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, KOREA; B.-W. Lee, Daewoo Heavy Industris and Machinery, KOREA 52 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA WP-51 DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POWER ULTRASOUND FOR ACOUSTIC SOURCE APPLICATIONS, J.W. Mackersie, S.J. MacGregor, I. Timoshkin, L. Yang, Applied Electrical Technologies Group, Institute for Energy and Environment, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering; University of Strathclyde, UK WP-52 PLASMA CHANNEL MICROHOLE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY, I. Timoshkin, J. Mackersie, S.J. MacGregor, Applied Electrical Technologies Group, Dept of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK WP-53 PEAK ELECTRICAL FIELD STRENGTH IN HARD EXPLOSIONS, V.A. Burtsev, N.V. Kalinin, Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus, NIIEFA, RUSSIA WP-54 DETERMINATION OF MICROSECOND PLASMA OPENING SWITCH CHARACTERISTICS AT SWITCH OPENING, S.V. Loginov, High Current Electronics Institute, Russia WP-55 PLASMA FLOW DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MICROSECOND POS AND IT’S INFLUENCE ON THE HIGH VOLTAGE PHASE , A.A. Zherlitsyn, B.M. Kovalchuk, S.V. Loginov, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA WP-56 SUB-NANOSECOND POINT-PLANE GAS BREAKDOWN IN A CONICAL-SHAPED SPARK GAP, J.W. Spears, H. Krompholz, L.L. Hatfield, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Texas Tech University, USA WP-57 PULSE GENERATOR BASED ON AN INDUCTIVE ENERGY STORAGE AND A FERROMAGNETIC OPENING SWITCH WITH A RESISTIVE LOAD, G.H. Rim, E.P. Pavlov, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute ( KERI ), KOREA WP-58 PARALLEL POS SYNCHRONIZATION AND ENERGY TRANSFER TO LOW INDUCTANCE LOAD, G.I. Dolgachev, A.A. Altukhov, P.I. Blinov, D.D. Maslennikov, A.S. Fedotkin, I.A. Khodeev, Kurchatov Institute Russian Research Center, RUSSIA WP-59 INVERTED PINCH IN APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD AS PLASMA OPENING SWITCH , G.I. Dolgachev, A.G. Ushakov, S.S. Ananyev, A.S. Romanov, Kurchatov Institute Russian Research Center, RUSSIA WP-60 INVESTIGATION OF UV LASER TRIGGERED, NANOSECOND, SURFACE FLASHOVER SWITCHES, W.C. Nunnally, R. Neurath, C. Holmes, S. Sampayan, G. Caporaso, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA WP-61 MIXED 3-D/2-D SIMULATION OF AN EXPLODING FOIL OPENING SWITCH, A.V. Majalee, V.R. Ikkurthi, P. Doiphode, S. Chaturvedi, Institute for Plasma Research, INDIA 53 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference WP-62 NATURE OF THE CURRENT QUENCHING PHENOMENON IN PSEUDOSPARK DISCHARGE, Y.D. Korolev, O.B. Frants, V.G. Geyman, R.V. Ivashov, N.V. Landl, I.A. Shemyakin, Institute of High Current Electronics, RUSSIA; K. Frank, R. Bischoff, University of Erlangen, GERMANY WP-63 THE INFLUENCE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF A CORE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A FERROMAGNETIC OPENING SWITCH , G.A. Shneerson, Saint-Petersburg State Technical University, RUSSIA WP-64 A MULTI-ELECTRODES, MULTI-PULSES HIGH POWER GAS SWITCH, J. Ouyang, J.L. Liu, C.H. Liu, J.H. Feng, Q.M. Tan, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, CHINA WP-65 MULTI-CHANNEL PSEUDOSPARK SWITCH FOR HIGH COULOMB TRANSFER, H. Heo, S.S. Park, Y.J. Han, S.H. Kim, Y.K. Kwon, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory/POSTECH, KOREA WP-66 DEVELOPMENT OF A TRIGGERED VACUUM SWITCH FOR ETC GUN SYSTEM, S.S. Park, S.H. Nam, S.H. Kim, Y.K. Kwon, S.H. Kim, Y.J. Park, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH, KOREA; J.W. Jung, J.S. Kim, J.H. Chu, G.Y. Sung, Agency for Defense Development, KOREA WP-67 THE SCHEME OF CURRENT ZERO AND ITS BREAK IN TECHNOLOGY OF COMBINED OPENING SWITCH WITH INCREASED DURATION OF CURRENT ZERO, O.G. Egorov, TRINITI, RUSSIA WP-68 A STUDY OF TIMING JITTER IMPROVEMENTS ON Z WITH A NEW LASER TRIGGER SYSTEM, S.T. Rogowski, D.E. Bliss, K.W. Struve, Sandia National Laboratories, USA WP-69 OPERATION OF A MULTIPLE LASER TRIGGER SYSTEM ON Z , J.W. Podsednik, D.E. Bliss, R.T. Collins, D.G. Dalton, G.L. Donovan, Sandia National Labortories, USA WP-70 CAPACITIVE AND INDUCTIVE INFLUENCE ON FUSING BEHAVIOR, J.D. Buneo, J.L. Zirnheld, K.M. Burke, J.P. Meade, J.C. Jones, University at Buffalo, USA WP-71 LOSSES IN PULSED DC FUSING SYSTEMS, J.D. Buneo, J.L. Zirnheld, K.M. Burke, J.B. Kirkland, E.M. Halstead, A.J. Halstead, W.J. Sarjeant, University at Buffalo, USA WP-72 INFLUENCE OF ELECTRODE PROFILES ON TAPE IMPACTION IN MAGNETIC COMPRESSOR, I.V. Glazyrin, A.S. Shnitko, RFNC-VNIITF, RUSSIA 54 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA WP-73 REQUIREMENTS FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF USING TOROIDAL SHAPED ELECTRODES IN MULTI CHANNELING SWITCHES, K.R. LeChien, J.M. Gahl, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; J.M. Elizondo, K.W. Struve, Sandia National Laboratories, USA WP-74 AN ADVANCED MODEL OF A HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID DIELECTRIC SWITCH FOR DIRECTED ENERGY APPLICATIONS, J. Leckbee, R. Curry, K. McDonald, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA; R. Cravey, Alpha-Omega Power Technologies, USA WP-75 MAGNETIC OPENING SWITCH SHAPING THE PRESSURE PULSE FOR HIGHSPEED LINER IMPLOSION BY HIGH-CURRENT EXPLOSIVE GENERATOR, V.K. Chernyshev, V.N. Mokhov, A.A. Petrukhin, V.A. Vasyukov, V.B. Yakubov, N.M. Sabaev, RFNC-VNIIEF, RUSSIA; I.R. Lindemuth, R.E. Reinovsky, W.L. Atchison, R.J. Faehl, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA WP-76 FORMATION OF CURRENT PULSE WITH A FRONT OF HUNDRED NANOSECOND, A.S. Boriskin, S.N. Golosov, V.A. Demidov, E.M. Dimant, S.A. Kazakov, E.V. Shapovalov, E.I. Schetnikov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-77 STUDY OF VORTICAL CURRENT OPENING SWITCH, Y.V. Vlasov, V.A. Demidov, T.A. Yegorova, S.A. Kazakov, N.P. Kovalev, E.E. Meshkov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-78 INVERSE PLASMA OPENING SWITCH, V.G. Kornilov, K.I. Almazova, V.V. Borovkov, V.I. Chelpanov, S.Y. Kornilov, D.A. Orlov, V.D. Selemir, D.A. Tolshmyakov, A.A. Khizhnyakov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-79 LABORATORY SIMULATION FOR POS EXPLOSIVE EXPERIMENTS, V.G. Kornilov, K.I. Almazova, V.V. Borovkov, P.N. Burenkov, V.I. Chelpanov, A.V. Ivanovsky, I.A. Kalashnik, A.P. Orlov, D.V. Presnyakov, B.G. Ptitsin, V.D. Selemir, B.S. Shaidullin, K.S. Shilin, E.A. Tsareva, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-80 THREE REGIMES OF PLASMA BEAM FORMATION IN INJECTOR WITH PULSED GAS PUFF, V.V. Borovkov, K.I. Almazova, V.G. Kornilov, V.D. Selemir, V.I. Chelpanov, D.A. Shvets, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF WP-81 EFFECT OF DETONATION PRODUCTS ON ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASMA EXPLOSIVE OPENING SWITCH, A.S. Pikar, V.E. Gurin, P.V. Korolev, A.S. Russkov, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA WP-82 TESTING OF THE PLANE PLASMA COMPRESSION SWITCH MODEL, A.S. Russkov, V.N. Katayev, P.V. Korolev, A.S. Pikar, Russian Federal Nuclear Center – VNIIEF, RUSSIA 55 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference WP-83 ON ACCELERATING MECHANISMS OF ENERGETIC ION HEATING IN HYDROGEN PLASMA WITH ELECTRIC FIELD, S.F. Garanin, V.B. Yakubov, AllRussian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), RUSSIA WP-84 ELECTRICALLY EXPLODED CURRENT-SWITCH, A.I. Vedernikov, N.Y. Kas'yanov, V.P. Kovalev, V.Y. Kononenko, A.I. Kormilitsyn, A.V. Pavlenko, V.A. Filatov, All-Russian Research Inst. of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF), RUSSIA WP-85 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF PULSED POWER DEVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, F. Davanloo, C.B. Collins, University of Texas at Dallas, USA; F.J. Agee, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA WP-86 A HIGH VOLTAGE HIGH REPETITION RATE MOSFET BASED KICKER FOR MEASUREMENT OF MUON LIFETIME, M.J. Barnes, G.D. Wait, TRIUMF, CANADA WP-87 MODULATOR FOR THE MAGNETRON, V.A. Vizir, S.N. Ivanov, B.M. Kovalchuk, V.I. Manylov, V.V. Chervjakov, N.G. Schubkin, High Current Electronics Institute, RUSSIA; L.D. Butakov, V.I. Tolmachev, Nuclear Physics Institute at Tomsk Polytechnic University, RUSSIA WP-88 ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA DISCHARGE SYSTEM FOR SURFACE TREATMENT, G.I. Dolgachev, A.G. Ushakov, Kurchatov Institute Russian Research Center, RUSSIA WP-89 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULSED POWER SYSTEM USING SOLID STATE IMPULSE GENERATOR, M. Maeyama, K. Yoshida, T. Niinuma, Saitama University, JAPAN WP-90 OPTIMAL APPLICATION OF A PULSED POWER SUPPLY FOR MgO MAGNETRON SPUTTERING SYSTEM , Y.W. Choi, J.H. Kim , Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, KOREA WP-91 WEAR-LESS TRIGGER METHOD FOR MARX GENERATORS IN REPETITIVE OPERATION, M. Sack, C. Schultheiss, H. Bluhm, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, GERMANY WP-92 HIGH REPETITION RATE NANO- AND PICOSECOND PULSE GENERATORS, V.M. Efanov, A.V. Kriklenko, P.M. Yarin, FID GmbH, GERMANY WP-93 THE ABORT KICKER SYSTEM FOR THE PEP-II STORAGE RINGS AT SLAC, J.E. de Lamare, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA 56 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA WP-94 A 2kV-40A PULSE GENERATOR USING BOOST CONVERTER ARRAY, J.W. Baek, M.H. Ryu, D.W. Yoo, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, KOREA; H.G. Kim, Kyungpook Natational University, KOREA; B.M. Song, General Atomics Energy Products, USA WP-95 HIGH REPETITION RATE COMPACT MARX GENERATOR, M.M. Kekez, High Energy Frequency Tesla Inc. (HEFTI), CANADA WP-96 A 1.1 MV REP-RATE IN-LINE OUTPUT SWITCH AND TRIGGERING SYSTEM, H. Fleming, A. Ramrus, G. Rohwein, Applied Pulse Technology, Inc., USA WP-97 FAST, REAL-TIME MONITORING OF AC-ALTERNATORS UDER HEAVY TRANSIENT LOADING CONDITIONS, M. Giesselmann, B. McHale, Texas Tech University, USA; M. Crawford, IAT-University of Texas, USA 57 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION W5 HIGH CURRENT ACCELERATORS (GENERAL ORIENTATION) Wednesday June 18, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion A MIKE MAZARAKIS, Chair 3:30 W5-1,2 INVITED: MULTI-MEGAVOLT WATER BREAKDOWN EXPERIMENTS, J.M. Lehr, J.E. Maenchen, J.R. Woodsworth, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA; J.P. Corley, S.A. Drennan, K.C. Hodge, D.W. Guthrie, J.M. Navarro, Ktech Corp, USA 4:00 W5-3 FAST DISCHARGE ENERGY STORAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVING X-RAY SIMULATORS, P.S. Sincerny, K. Childers, P. Corcoran, S.K. Lam, A.R. Miller, J.T. Naff, I. Smith, T. Tucker, Titan - Pulse Sciences Division, USA 4:15 W5-4 FAST MARX FOR PRS DRIVERS, S.K. Lam, A.R. Miller, P.S. Sincerny, T. Tucker, Titan - Pulse Sciences Division, USA; R. Davis, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, USA 4:30 W5-5 SHEATH-CURRENT RETRAPPING IN THE Z MITLS, T.P. Hughes, R.E. Clark, B.V. Oliver, Mission Research Corporation, USA; T.D. Pointon, W.A. Stygar, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 4:45 W5-6 INVESTIGATING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURE OF THE COAXTO-TRIPLATE TRANSITION FOR THE PULSE-COMPRESSION SECTION OF THE ZR ACCELERATOR, S.E. Rosenthal, W.A. Johnson, J.M. Lehr, J.E. Maenchen, K.W. Struve, D.H. McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; J.P. Corley, Ktech, Inc., USA; J.M. Elizondo-Decanini, EMT Corp., USA; D.L. Johnson, Titan Pulse Sciences Corp., USA 5:00 W5-7 ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF THE COAX-TOTRIPLATE TRANSITION FOR THE PULSE-COMPRESSION SECTION OF THE ZR ACCELERATOR, W.A. Johnson, R.S. Coats, R.E. Jorgenson, J.D. Kotulski, J.M. Lehr, M.F. Pasik, S.E. Rosenthal, L.K. Warne, Sandia National Laboratories, USA 5:15 W5-8 DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MARX GENERATOR FOR THE DARHT SECOND AXIS ELECTRON INJECTOR, K.E. Nielsen, B.T. McCuistian, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; J.J. Fockler, S. Yu, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory, USA; V. Carboni, P. Corcoran, J. Douglas, C. Eichenberger, G. Harris, H. Lackner, D. Morton, H. Nishimoto, Titan Pulse Sciences Division, USA 58 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION W6 REPETITIVE PULSED POWER SYSTEMS Wednesday June 18, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion B MICHAEL BARNES, Chair 3:30 W6-1 SOLID STATE MARX BANK MODULATOR FOR THE NEXT GENERATION LINEAR COLLIDER, J.A. Casey, F.O. Arntz, M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.A. Kempkes, Diversified Technologies, Inc., USA 3:45 W6-2 HIGH POWER OPERATION OF THE POLYPHASE RESONANT CONVERTER MODULATOR SYSTEM FOR THE SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE LINEAR ACCELERATOR, W.A. Reass, S.E. Apgar, D.M. Baca, J.D. Doss, J.M. Gonzales, R.F. Gribble, P.G. Trujillo, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 4:00 W6-3 HIGH POWER, HIGH REPETITION-RATE WATER SWITCH, S. Xiao, J. Kolb, R.P. Joshi, M. Laroussi, K.H. Schoenbach, Physical Electronics Research Institute, Old Dominion Univ., US; S. Kono, Ariake National College of Technology, Japan; S. Katsuki, Kumamoto University, Japan 4:15 W6-4 SNS EXTRACTION FAST KICKER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, W. Zhang, J. Sandberg, R. Lambiase, T. Nehring, R. Lockey, J. Mi, Y.Y. Lee, C. Pai, N. Tsoupas, J. Tuozzolo, D. Warburton, J. Wei, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA; K. Rust, R. Cutler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA 4:30 W6-5 REPETITIVE SHORT-PULSED GENERATOR USING MPC AND BLUMLEIN LINE , T. Sakugawa, T. Namihira, S. Katsuki, H. Akiyama, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, JAPAN 4:45 W6-6 A 150kV/300A/1µs COAXIAL BLUMLEIN PULSER , J.O. Rossi, M. Ueda, J.J. Barroso, National Institute for Space Research, BRAZIL 5:00 W6-7 A SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH-BASED FAST HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR, J.H. Kim, I.W. Jeong, H.J. Ryoo, J.S. Kim, S. Shenderey, G.H. Rim, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute ( KERI ), KOREA 5:15 W6-8 OPERATION OF 20Hz MARX GENERATORS ON A COMMON ELECTROLYTIC LOAD IN AN ELECTROPORATION CHAMBER, M. Sack, C. Schultheiss, H. Bluhm, H. Mayer, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, GERMANY; M. Kern, W. Lutz, KEATECH GmbH, GERMANY 59 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference ORAL SESSION W7 PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS Wednesday June 18, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion C STEVEN PRONKO, Chair 3:30 W7-1,2 INVITED: PULSED POWER AGAINST TERRORISTS, G.A. Shvetsov, A.D. Matrosov, Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, RAS, RUSSIA 4:00 W7-3 ELECTROMAGNETIC FLUX-COMPRESSION: EXPERIMENTATION, B.M. Novac, I.R. Smith, D.F. Rankin, Z. Pu, Loughborough University, UK; M. Hubbard, Dstl, Fort Halstead, UK 4:15 W7-4 MHD SIMULATIONS OF MTF IMPLOSIONS WITH TABULAR EOS AND CONDUCTIVITIES, R.J. Faehl, W.L. Atchison, I.R. Lindemuth, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA 4:30 W7-5 NANOSECOND PLASMA-FLOW-SWITCH AS THE OUTPUT DEVICE ON THE S-300 PULSED POWER GENERATOR, Y.L. Bakshaev, A.V. Bartov, P.I. Blinov, A.S. Chernenko, R.V. Chikin, S.A. Danko, L.G. Dubas, Y.G. Kalinin, A.S. Kingsep, V.D. Korolev, V.I. Mizhiritsky, V.A. Shchagin, V.P. Smirnov, RRC Kurchatov Institute, RUSSIA 4:45 W7-6 TRANSIENT MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY MEASUREMENT RESULTS ON A FUSELAGE-LIKE TEST SETUP AND INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF APERTURES, S.A. Sebo, R. Caldecott, O. Altay, The Ohio State University, USA; D.L. Schweickart, J.C. Horwath, L.C. Walko, Air Force Research Laboratorty, WPAFB, USA 5:00 W7-7 SHORT-PULSE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE IN HIGH-SPEED AIRFLOW, S.B. Leonov, Institute of High Temperature Russian Acad of Science, RUSSIA; Y.I. Isaenkov, Institute for High Energy Density of AIVT Russian Acad of Science, RUSSIA 5:15 W7-8 RADAR TRANSMITTER UPGRADES - DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS, J.A. Casey, F.O. Arntz, M.P.J. Gaudreau, M.A. Kempkes, Diversified Technologies, Inc., USA 60 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA ORAL SESSION W8 COMPACT PULSED POWER Wednesday June 18, 2003 3:30 - 5:30, Reunion E MARK CRAWFORD, Chair 3:30 W8-1,2 INVITED: PICOSECOND PULSE POWER TECHNOLOGY, G.A. Mesyats, Institute of Electrophysics, UD, RAS, RUSSIA 4:00 W8-3 A COMPACT SOURCE OF SUB-GW, SUBNANOSECOND PULSES, Y. Yankelevich, A. Pokryvailo, M. Shapira, Propulsion Physics Laboratory, Soreq NRC, ISRAEL 4:15 W8-4 COMPACT, HIGH POWER CAPACITOR CHARGER, M. Giesselmann, T. Heeren, Texas Tech University, USA 4:30 W8-5 INVESTIGATION OF ULTRA-HIGH SWITCHING FREQUENCY TO REDUCE SIZE IN RAPID CAPACITOR CHARGING, J.C. Dickens, B.W. Morris, Center For Pulsed Power And Power Electronics, Texas Tech University, USA 4:45 W8-6 WATER AND PROPYLENE CARBONATE AS STORAGE AND SWITCHING MEDIUM IN PULSED POWER SYSTEMS, J. Kolb, S. Kono, S. Xiao, B. Goan, X.P. Lu, M. Laroussi, R.P. Joshi, K.H. Schoenbach, Physical Electronics Research Institute, Old Dominion University, USA; E. Schamiloglu, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., University of New Mexico, USA 5:00 W8-7 INFLUENCE OF NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAIN SIZE ON THE BREAKDOWN STRENGTH OF CERAMIC DIELECTRICS, Y. Ye, S.C. Zhang, F. Dogan, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA; E. Schamiloglu, J. Gaudet, M. Roybal, M. Joler, C. Christodoulou, University of New Mexico, USA 5:15 W8-8 SINGLE-SHOT AND REPETITIVE OVERSTRESSING OF HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITORS FOR COMPACT ARKADIEV-MARX GENERATOR, S.I. Shkuratov, J.C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA; E.F. Talantsev, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA 61 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference 62 June 15 – 18, 2003 Dallas, Texas USA CONFERENCE RECORDS – ABSTRACTS 63 PPC – 2003 14TH IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference 64