Blue Milo Axial Diode Gap Optimization Using the Pulsed-Power Circuit Code Screamer

BLUE MILO is an LTD-based, GW-class, HPM system that is currently being constructed at the University of Michigan's Plasma, Pulsed Power, and Microwave Laboratory. A comprehensive circuit model of the BLUE MILO system based on the pulsed-power code Screamer is presented. The LTD cavity model in...

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Main Authors: Shapovalov, Roman V., Jordan, Nicholas M., Sporer, Brendan, McBride, Ryan D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Codes
Energy loss
Microwave circuits
Microwave integrated circuits
Plasmas
Predictive models
Switches
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Summary:BLUE MILO is an LTD-based, GW-class, HPM system that is currently being constructed at the University of Michigan's Plasma, Pulsed Power, and Microwave Laboratory. A comprehensive circuit model of the BLUE MILO system based on the pulsed-power code Screamer is presented. The LTD cavity model incorporates the Tom Martin lossy switch known to correctly predict the switch's energy losses, and the MILO model includes Child-Langmuir axial and radial diodes that simulate the charge-limited current flows. The scaling of the system's electrical power depending on the number of BLUE cavities, as well as predictions of different output parameters as a function of the MILO axial diode gap, are discussed.
ISSN:2576-7208
DOI:10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717354