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Laser Triggered Switching

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Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena

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A review of laser triggered switching is presented. Laser-triggered switching has demonstrated the ability to trigger high voltage spark gaps with nanosecond delay end subnanosecond jitter. The theory of high pressure gas filled laser triggered spark gaps is discussed and recent investigations using solids, liquids and vacuum as the dielectric are reviewed.

Presented at the Workshop on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena, June 9–13, 1969, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center, Connecticut.

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  1. Research Division, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 87117, USA

    Arthur H. Guenther & Jerry R. Bettis

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  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

    Helmut J. Schwarz (Professor of Physics) (Professor of Physics)

  2. Institut für Plasmaphysik (Max Planck Society), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Garching, Germany

    Heinrich Hora (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics) (Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics)

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Guenther, A.H., Bettis, J.R. (1971). Laser Triggered Switching. In: Schwarz, H.J., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0901-7_6

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