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A Subnanosecond Pulsed Electric Field System for Studying Cells Electropermeabilization by Ibrahimi, Njomza, Vallet, Leslie, Andre, Franck M., Ariztia, Laurent, Rivaletto, Marc, de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Novac, Bucur M., Mir, Lluis M., Pecastaing, Laurent

“…This article presents an experimental arrangement which, using 3-D numerical modeling, aims to study biomedical effects using subnanosecond pulsed electric…”
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Study of the Efficiency of Energy Transfer From Chemical to Acoustic Pressure Impulse for an Underwater Aluminum Exploding Wire by Frost, Thanasi, Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter

“…The present technical note is dedicated to an experimental study to determine the efficiency of energy transfer from chemical to acoustic pressure impulse for…”
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Benchmarking the Filamentary Model for an Industrial Electromagnetic Accelerator by Novac, Bucur M., Pereira, Marcos, Senior, Peter, Redondo, Luis

“…This work is part of a program aiming to develop an electromagnetic accelerator to be implemented in industry as a second stage of acceleration for a standard…”
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A Proof-of-Concept Repetitive Pressure Source Based on Underwater Aluminum Exploding Wire by Frost, Thanasi, Novac, Bucur M., Pereira, Marcos, Senior, Peter, Redondo, Luis

“…The work introduces a proof-of-concept source, repetitively generating strong pressure pulses using an underwater electrically exploded aluminum wire. When…”
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Generation of Intense Pulsed Electric Fields in a Large Volume of Water Verified Using Kerr Effect Diagnostics by Woodyard, Matthew, Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter, Stobbs, Jessica M.

“…A pulsed power system for generating intense pulsed electric fields (PEFs) in a very large volume of water was designed, manufactured, and tested as a first…”
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Experimental studies and simple numerical modeling of underwater electric discharges by Frost, Thanasi, Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter, Pecastaing, Laurent, Reess, Thierry

“…At present, underwater electric pulsed discharges are used in a wide range of modern applications. During the development of a system for generating underwater…”
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Determination of the Gurney velocity for the unconventional aluminum‐water explosive by Frost, Thanasi, Novac, Bucur M., Danilov, Don, Senior, Peter

“…The present work is dedicated to the determination of the Gurney velocity of the unconventional aluminum‐water explosive. The paper presents the experimental…”
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A Supersonic Underwater Discharge as a High-Power Ultrasound Source by Stobbs, Jessica M., Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter, Woodyard, Matthew, Lepper, Paul

“…A supersonic underwater discharge system, driven by a pulsed power generator with 235 ns voltage rise time, was developed to be used as a powerful ultrasound…”
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Development and Test of a 500-kV Compact Marx Generator Operating at 100-Hz PRF by Ariztia, Laurent, Zhabin, Alexey, Lavrinovich, Ivan, de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Rivaletto, Marc, Novac, Bucur M., Pecastaing, Laurent

“…This article presents the electrical and mechanical design of a compact 13-stage 0.5-MV Marx generator operating at a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 100…”
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An Advanced 3-D Electromagnetic Analysis and Experimental Validation of a Bipolar Subnanosecond Pulse Generation System by Ibrahimi, Njomza, Ariztia, Laurent, Rivaletto, Marc, de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Novac, Bucur M., Pecastaing, Laurent

“…This article presents an advanced 3-D electromagnetic co-simulation approach developed using the CST software to evaluate the characteristics of a bipolar…”
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Phenomenological Studies for Optimizing Subsonic Underwater Discharges by Bacqueyrisses, Yoan, Reess, Thierry, de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Tchalla, Viviane, Novac, Bucur M.

“…Powerful subsonic underwater discharges are used as a tool in various industrial applications. The aim of this article is to find the essential design…”
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Impact-Ionization Switching of High-Voltage Thyristors Connected in Parallel by Shahriari, Ejlal, Maysonnave, Thomas, Gusev, Anton I., de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Pecastaing, Laurent, Novac, Bucur M.

“…Thyristors triggered in the impact-ionization wave mode is a promising switching method in pulsed power technology. This triggering approach enhances the…”
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New SOS Diode Pumping Circuit Based on an All-Solid-State Spiral Generator for High-Voltage Nanosecond Applications by Gusev, Anton I., Lavrinovich, Ivan, Bland, Simon, de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Pecastaing, Laurent, Parker, Susan, Yan, Jiaqi, Novac, Bucur M.

“…Semiconductor opening switch (SOS) diodes are capable to switch currents with a density of more than 1 kA/cm 2 and withstand nanosecond pulses with an…”
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Determination of Breakdown Voltage Along the Surface of a Cylindrical Insulator by Zhabin, Alexey, Ferron, Antoine Silvestre de, Ariztia, Laurent, Rivaletto, Marc, Novac, Bucur M., Pecastaing, Laurent

“…This article investigates the electric breakdown along the surface of a cylindrical dielectric, part of a coaxial transmission line. The particular geometry of…”
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2-kV Thyristor Triggered in Impact-Ionization Wave Mode by a Solid-State Spiral Generator by Lavrinovich, Ivan, Gusev, Anton I., Bland, Simon, de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Pecastaing, Laurent, Parker, Susan, Yan, Jiaqi, Novac, Bucur M.

“…Impact-ionization wave triggering of a thyristor enables it to switch significantly higher currents with much faster rise times (<inline-formula> <tex-math…”
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A Saturable Pulse Transformer Based on Nanocrystalline Magnetic Cores for an Adjustable Nanosecond High-Voltage Generator by Degnon, Mawuena R., Gusev, Anton I., de Ferron, Antoine Silvestre, Pecastaing, Laurent, Baranov, Aleksandr, Mielot, Christophe, Boisne, Sebastien, Barnes, Michael J., Senaj, Viliam, Kramer, Thomas, Novac, Bucur M.

“…This article is devoted to saturable pulse transformers (SPTs), combining the functions of a pulse transformer and a magnetic switch. Two nanocrystalline…”
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Unconventional Microwave Source by Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter, Farage, Michael, Smith, Ivor R., Xiao, Renzhen

“…A number of published papers are reporting that electromagnetic radiation is being generated by unexpected sources such as explosives, metal fracturing, or…”
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A Supersonic Underwater Pulsed Acoustic Source by Stobbs, Jessica, Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter

“…A supersonic underwater pulsed acoustic source has been developed at Loughborough University. A 120 kV magnetic core transformer drives electrical breakdown…”
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A 1 MV Tesla Generator by Woodyard, Matthew, Novac, Bucur M., Senior, Peter

“…A 1 MV Tesla generator has been designed, built and tested. The load is a water capacitor that will be used for demonstrating a novel non-invasive food…”
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A Compact and Repetitively Triggered, Field-Distortion Low-Jitter Spark-Gap Switch by Song, Falun, Li, Fei, Zhang, Beizhen, Zhu, Mingdong, Li, Chunxia, Wang, Ganping, Gong, Haitao, Gan, Yanqing, Jin, Xiao, Novac, Bucur M., Smith, Ivor R.

“…This paper describes the development of a small field-distortion spark gap switch. Comprehensive experimental studies made with the switch revealed its…”
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