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Electron emission from ceramic materials produced by phase transitions by Cavazos, T.C., Fleddermann, C.B.

“…Summary form only given. One limit to the performance of high power microwave (HPM) sources is the cathode technology. An alternate method that is currently…”
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Development and Testing of a High-Gain Magnetic Flux Compression Generator by Parker, J.V., Cavazos, T.C., Roth, C.E., Degnan, J.H., Kiuttu, G.F., Lehr, F.M.

“…The performance of a high-gain FCG is often limited by internal electrical breakdown caused by the high voltage generated during operation. Modern diagnostic…”
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Comparison of simulation and experimental results for a radially symmetric transit-time oscillator by Wright, R.L., Schamiloglu, E., Arman, M.J., Fayne, W.R., Hendricks, K.J., Loree, D.L., Luginsland, J.W., Spencer, T.A., Cavazos, T.C., Golby, K.E.

“…Summary form only given, as follows. The transit-time effect in a coaxial structure has been proposed by Arman (1996) as a mechanism to develop low impedance…”
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Flux Compression Generator Development at the Air Force Research Laboratory by Cavazos, T.C., Gale, D.G., Roth, C.E., Parker, J.V., Sommars, W.E., Coffey, S.K., Lehr, F.M., Tucker, W.D., Kiuttu, G.F., Degnan, J.H.

“…The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) maintains an extensive capability for the design, analysis, construction and testing of explosive pulsed power (EPP)…”
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Thyratron evaluation at high power, high repetition rates by Cavazos, T.C., McGowan, J., Behr, S.R.

“…Two double-gap tubes, the EEV 1536-R and the ITT F-266, were operated at 40 kV and 6 kHz for 100 s bursts at average powers of 600 kW and 1.2 MW. Operations at…”
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Extremely low loss circuit for megawatt average power switch testing by Cavazos, T.C., Burkes, T.R., McDuff, G.

“…Testing of megawatt average power switches has become prohibitively expensive in conventional RLC circuits. The major costs are the power supply, the resistive…”
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The Explosive Pulsed Power Test Facility at AFRL by Parker, J.V., Cavazos, T.C., Roth, C.E., Sandoval, D.R., Sommars, W., Lehr, F.M., Kiuttu, G.F., Chama, D., Degnan, J.H., Coffey, S., Brown, A., Guffey, B.

“…The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed and tested a variety of explosive driven pulsed power devices over the past twenty-two years. Testing is…”
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Mechanisms for Explosively-Formed Fuse Performance Degradation by Tasked, D.G., Goforth, J.H., Fowler, C.M., Herrera, D.H., Torres, D.T., King, J.C., Oona, H., Kiuttu, G.F., Degnan, J.H., Domonkos, M.T., Lehr, F.M., Ruden, E.L., Tucker, W.D., Cavazos, T.C.

“…The Explosively-Formed Fuse (EFF) is a high-power opening switch that uses an explosive charge to interrupt current flow in an aluminum conductor [1]. As such…”
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Effect of Die Pattern on Explosively Formed Fuse Performance by Oona, H., Goforth, J.H., Fowler, C.M., Herrera, D.H., King, J.C., Tasker, D.G., Torres, D.T., Kiuttu, G.F., Degnan, J.H., Domonkos, M.T., Lehr, F.M., Ruden, E.L., Tucker, W.D., Cavazos, T.C., Poulsen, P.

“…Explosively formed fuse (EFF) devices are explosively formed fuse performance for high explosive pulsed power (HEPP) applications. Such switches have been…”
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