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13th December 2021

8:00am

Oral 1O-A: HV Insulation & Breakdown Session 1

Dr. Raymond Allen (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)

8:00AM Exploring the basic physical mechanisms of cathode and anode-initiated high voltage surface flashover William Brooks 1, Raimi Clark 1, Jacob Stephens 1, Matthew Hopkins 2, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

8:15AM An experimental apparatus and diagnostics for the characterization of high-voltage surface flashover in large-scale pulsed power conditions Jacob Young 1, Michael Mounho 1, Raimi Clark 1, William Brooks 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Matthew Hopkins 2, Andreas Neuber 1, Jacob Stephens 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

8:30AM 1.4 MV Bipolar Marx Generator for the Study of Lightning Attachment Nathan Fryar 1, Jacob Stephens 1, James Dickens 1, Jacob Brinkman 2, David Hattz 2, Neil Koone 2, John Mankowski 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

8:45AM Electrostatic Discharge Characterization of Polymer Materials Benedikt Esser 1, Ivan Aponte 1, Jacob Stephens 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Donald Friesen 2, David Hattz 2, Neil Koone 2, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

9:00AM Fundamental Study of RF Corona in Atmospheric Air Ivan Aponte 1, Benedikt Esser 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

9:15AM VUV Spectroscopic Characterization of a Low Current Corona Source in Nitrogen Justin Smith 1, Jane Lehr 1, Ben Yee 2, Andrew Fierro 1 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

9:30AM Rationally multi-scale design for polymer composites with high thermal conductivity and electrical insulation Penghao Zhang 1, Liang Yu1, Yaobin Ji 1, Jianhao M 1, Shoulong Dong1, Chenguo Yao1 (1. State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University)

13th December 2021

8:00am

Oral 1O-B: Opening & Closing Switches

Dr. Jon Pouncey (Naval Surface Warfare Center)

8:00AM Monte Carlo Analysis of the Photocurrent Response of a Carbon-Doped GaN Photoconductor William Milestone 1, Lars Voss 2, Ravindra Joshi 1 (1. Texas Tech University 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

8:15AM Ionization processes in high-pressure gas-filled, femtosecond-laser activated spark gap switch for HPEM applications Antaryami Mohanta 1, F. Vega 1, G. Matras 1, A. Dubey 1, A. R. Baba 1, J. J. Pantoja 1, N. Mora 1, A. Al Ali 1, Chaouki Kasmi 1 (1. Technology Innovation Institute)

8:30AM New Paradigm on Making Semiconductor Opening Switches for Pulsed Power Alex Usenko 1, Anthony Caruso 1, Steven Bellinger 2 (1. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2. Semiconductor Power Technologies, Inc.)

8:45AM Combination of as Skin-Effect Opening Switch and Auxiliary Opening Switches for Ohmic Resistance Version and for Inductive Storage Applications. (Narrowband and Wideband Devices) Oleg Egorov 1 (1. Russian Federation, Moscow, Troitzk, 108841)

9:00AM Sealed, High Pressure Spark Gap Development for Transportable Systems Jane Lehr 1, Michael Skipper 2, Michael Abdalla 2 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. ASR Corporation)

9:15AM High-gain nanosecond rectangular pulse generator with continuously adjustable 5~20ns pulse duration Jianhao Ma 1, Liang Yu 1, Shoulong Dong 1, Chenguo Yao 1 (1. State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University)

9:30AM Characterization of a Spark Gap by Fitting Discharge Experiments with PSpice Modeling Po-Yu Chang 1, Kaviya Aranganadin 2, Hua-Yi Hsu 3, Ming-Chieh Lin 2 (1. Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, 2. Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology)

13th December 2021

8:00am

Oral 1O-C: Compact Repetitive PP Systems & High Power

Microwave Systems and Sources

Mrs. Emily Schrock (Sandia National Laboratories)

8:00AM COMPACT RELATIVISTIC MAGNETRON FED BY A SPLIT CATHODE (INVITED) John Leopold 1, Meytal Siman Tov 1, Sergey Pavlov 1, Vladimir Goloborodko 1, Yakov Krasik 1, Dmitri Andreev 2, Artem Kuskov 2, Edl Schamiloglu 2 (1. Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003, Israel, 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA)

8:30AM High-Duty 5MW Magnetron Modulator Christopher Yeckel 1, Michael Valbuena 1 (1. Stangenes Industries)

8:45AM Solid-State, High-Voltage Pulse Generator With Microcontroller Control Joshua Williams 1, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1, John Mankowski 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

9:00AM Marx Generator-based Systems for Reliable Low-jitter Triggering of Large Pulsed Power Matthew Lara 1, Jon Mayes 1, Eric Perry 1, Jeremy Byman 1, Christopher Hatfield 1 (1. Applied Physical Electronics, LC)

9:15AM High Power Multipactor Suppression in X-band Waveguide Austin Gregory 1, Zachary Shaw 1, Dawson Wright 1, John Mankowski 1, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

9:30AM Multipactor Suppression Via Asymmetric Grooves in S-band Waveguide Dawson Wright 1, Zachary Shaw 1, John Mankowski 1, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

13th December 2021

10:30am

Plenary 1

Dr. David Wetz (University of Texas at Arlington)

Conference Opening & 2021 Erwin Marx Award Presentation

Plenary 1 Dr. Mark Savage (Sandia National Laboratories)

13th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 1O-D: High-Current Accelerators

Dr. Katherine Velas (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

1:00pm The Saturn Accelerator Recapitalization Project* (INVITED) Bryan Oliver 1, Kevin Austin 1, Jack Cassidy 1, Peggy Christenson 1, Sean Coffey 1, Jonathan Douglass 1, Theodore Grabowski 1, Brian Hutsel 1, Debbe Kirschner 1, D.J. Lucero 1, Michael Mazarakis 1, John Lott 1, Timothy Pointon 1, Timothy Renk 1, Mark Savage 1, Talbot Smith 1, Ken Struve 1, Debbie Tabor 1, Jeffery Tunell 1, Ben Ulmen 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

1:30pm Technical goals of the Saturn recapitalization project† (INVITED) Mark Savage 1, Kevin Austin 1, Peggy Christenson 1, Sean Coffey 1, Jonathan Douglass 1, Theodore Grabowski 1, Brian Hutsel 1, D.J. Lucero 1, Michael Mazarakis 1, Bryan Oliver 1, Timothy Pointon 1, Timothy Renk 1, David Sirajuddin 1, Talbot Smith 1, Ken Struve 1, Debbie Tabor 1, Ben Ulmen 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

2:00pm Saturn recapitalization project insulator stack design updates* Brian Hutsel 1, Kevin Austin 1, Jonathan Douglass 1, D.J. Lucero 1, Matthew McLane 1, Mark Savage 1, Ken Struve 7, Ben Ulmen 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. San)

2:15pm Acceleration of a kA Electron Beam using a Solid State Active Reset Inductive Cell – The BiRX Nathaniel Pogue 1, Katherine Velas 1, Jennifer Ellsworth 1, Steve Falabella 1, Eric Clark 1, William Stem 1 (1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

2:30pm Development and test of 2 high power conventional pulsers for radiography application Frédéric Bayol 1, Anthony Coe 1, Clément Gaston 1, Patrick Mouly 1, Arthur Piaser 1, Kévin Van de Wiel 1, Mathieu Vaurs 1, Aled Jones 2, Matt Evans 2, John Haynes 2, James Rutledge 2, Phil Williams 2 (1. ITHPP, 2. AWE)

2:45pm The generation of kilo-ampere relativistic microsecond electron beams from a high energy density Marx generator based on metal oxide varistors Huibo Zhang 1, Hanwu Yang 1, Hao Lu 1, Jingming Gao 1, Zicheng Zhang 1, Xingjun Ge 1 (1. National University of Defense Technology)

3:00pm HIGHLY RESOLVED PIC SIMULATIONS OF LOSS-FREE AND LOSSY MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES* Rick Spielman 1, Adam Sefkow 1, Ayden Kish 1, Mike Lavell 1, Andrew Sexton 1, Alexander Velberg 1 (1. University of Rochester)

13th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 1O-E: LTDs, PFLs, and Transformers

Dr. Jacob Stephens (Texas Tech University)

1:00pm Impedance-Matched Marx, a new class of generator (INVITED) Baptiste Guegan 1, Frédéric Bayol 1, David Arnal 1, Patrick Mouly 1 (1. ITHPP)

1:30pm Progress on multicavity BLUE LTD System at the University of Michigan Roman Shapovalov 1, Brendan Sporer 1, Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Ryan McBride 1 (1. University of Michigan)

1:45pm The Effect of Pre-Electric-Field on Electric Breakdown in Water Taichi Sugai 1, Akira Tokuchi 2, Weihua Jiang 1 (1. Nagaoka University of Technology, 2. Pulsed Power Japan Laboratory Ltd.)

2:00pm Evaluation of Liquid Dielectrics to Improve Spiral Generator Lifetimes Isaac J. Cohen 1, Evan Glynn 1, Aaron King 1, Zachary Roberts 1, Matthew Heffernan 1 (1. Radiance Technologies)

2:15pm GENERATING INTENSE PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS IN VERY LARGE VOLUMES FOR USE IN NON-INVASIVE FOOD PROCESSING Matthew Woodyard 1, Bucur Novac 1, Peter Senior 1, Jessica Stobbs 1 (1. Loughborough University)

2:30pm Experimental Demonstration of a Capacitor Switch Assembly for High Current Applications Charlie Anderson 1, Nathan Zameroski 1, Hugh Kirbie 1, Matthew Wisher 1, Zachary Smith 1, Nico Rotunda 1, Jonathan Parson 1 (1. SARA, Inc.)

2:45pm A transmission-line-transformer (TLT) with ignorable secondary mode effects Guus Pemen 1, Tom Huiskamp 1, Stefan Voeten 1, Seth Brussaard 1 (1. Eindhoven University of Technology)

3:00pm Design and Performance of a Novel Bipolar Charged Self-Matched Transmission Line Pulse Generator David Smith 1, Jon Pouncey 2, Andrew Fierro 1, Jane Lehr 1, Kim Faris 1 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. NSWC)

3:15pm Research on a novel compact solid-state pulse generator Hanwu Yang 1, Song Li 1, Longbo Yan 1, Shangdong Jin 1, Baoliang Qian 1, Chengwei Yuan 1 (1. College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology)

13th December 2021

1:00pm

Poster 1P: Explosive Pulsed, HE Density Storage, HV Insulation,

LTDs, and Numerical Modelling

Sensitivity of PBX 9501 and PBX 9502 to Milling Operations Ethan Weeks 1, Joshua Williams 1, Raimi Clark 1, Scott Watkins 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Jacob Brinkman 2, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

Investigation of Surface Skidding Response of PBX 9501 and PBX 9502 Scott Watkins 1, Ryan Lee 1, Austin Hewitt 1, John Mankowski 1, Jacob Brinkman 2, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

Full-bridge submodule development of a MMC-like topology for ASDEX Upgrade Toroidal Field Coils Power Supply

Antonio Magnanimo 1, Markus Teschke 1, Gerd Griepentrog 2 (1. Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, 2. Techische Universitaet Darmstadt)

A Capacitive-Inductive-Capacitive (CLC) Testbed for Studying the Rapid Discharge and Recharge of High Voltage Capacitors David Wetz 1, Alex Johnston 1, Shawn Scoggin 1, Greg Turner 1 (1. University of Texas at Arlington)

Miniaturized Marx Modulator with High Power Density Capacitors and Novel Topologies Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

Prime Power Replacement with Super Capacitors Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

Optical and acoustic investigation of pulsed electric field applied by metal-metal and metal-ceramic electrodes in an underwater operated ultrasound source Jessica Stobbs 1, Bucur Novac 1, Peter Senior 1, Matthew Woodyard 1 (1. Loughborough University)

An X-ray Diagnostics Apparatus for the Characterization of Bremsstrahlung Radiation in High Voltage Vacuum Surface Flashover Tyler Klein 1, Max Flynn 1, Jacob Stephens 1, Andreas Neuber 1, James Dickens 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

HIGH VOLTAGE COAXIAL VACUUM GAP BREAKDOWN FOR PULSED POWER LINERS Samuel Cordaro 1, Simon Bott-Suzuki 1, Jacob Banasek 1, Joshua Simpson 1 (1. University Of California, San Diego)

The electromechanical response to different ratios of active and passive regions of dielectric elastomers. Barnard Onyenucheya 1, Elijah Panayoty 1, Kevin Burke 1, Jennifer Zirnheld 1 (1. University at Buffalo)

Thermal effects on the electromechanical properties of compliant dielectric elastomer electrodes. Barnard Onyenucheya 1, Kyle Pierre 1, Kevin Burke 1, Jennifer Zirnheld 1 (1. University at Buffalo)

Investigating Volumetric Inclusions of Semiconductor Materials to Improve Flashover Resistance in Dielectrics Adam Steiner 1, Christoper Siefert 1, Gabriel Shipley 1, Erica Redline 1, Rex Jaramillo 1, Tom Chavez 1, Brian Hutsel 1, Greg Frye-Mason 1, Kyle Peterson 1, Kate Bell 1, Shuaib Balogun 2, Mark Losego 2, Torin Sammeth 3, Ian Kern 3, Grant Guttromson 3, Cameron Harjes 3, Mark Gilmore 3, Jane Lehr 3 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. Georgia Institute of Technology, 3. University of New Mexico)

Investigating Secondary Electron Yield of Insulating Materials for Pulsed Power Applications Ian Kern 1, Mark Gilmore 1, Jane Lehr 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Surface Flashover Under Varying Surface Pollution Levels David Wetz 1, Bradley Hannum 1, Greg Turner 1, Alex Johnston 1, Cameron Johnston 1 (1. University of Texas at Arlington)

Breakdown Analysis of 3M Novec 4710 Gas Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

High Voltage Characteristics of Stereolithography and Selective Laser Sintered Printed Polymers Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

Vacuum Surface Flashover of Cylindrical and Conical Insulators with Modifications Torin Sammeth 1, Jane Lehr 1, Grant Guttromson 1, Cameron Harjes 1, Ian Kern 1, Mark Gilmore 1, Adam Steiner 2, Greg Frye-Mason 2, Kyle Peterson 2, Mark Losego 3, Shuaib Balogun 3 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. Sandia National Laboratories, 3. Georgia Institute of Technology)

Evaluation of Alternative, Low Global Warming Potential Insulating Gases for Short Pulse Switching Jane Lehr 1, Joshua Cooper 1, Jon Pouncey 1, Michael Abdalla 2, Michael Skipper 2 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. ASR Corporation)

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fast Kicker Upgrade 2021 Henry J. Gaus III 1, Lee Merrill 1, Joseph Bradley III 1, Rodney McCrady 1, Jake Sandoval

1, William Roybal 1, Gabriel Cordero-Rivera 1, Gary Sanchez 1, John Wilson 1 (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory)

High-Frequency Oscillations in Coaxial Cables of Capacitive Energy Storages Boris Fridman 1 (1. D.V. Efremov Scientific Resarch Institute of Electrphysical Apparatus)

On application of strap toroidal magnetic cores in pulse transformers Boris Fridman 1 (1. D.V. Efremov Scientific Resarch Institute of Electrphysical Apparatus)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE 6 MA - 1 µs DRIVER GEPI-2 FOR ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS Benjamin Lassalle 1, Frederic Zucchini 2, Francis Lassalle 2 (1. CEA-Gramat, 2. CEA)

Solid-State Marx Generator vs. Inductive Voltage Adder: Comparison of Parasitics and Pulse Waveforms for Nanosecond Pulsers Raffael Risch 1, Juergen Biela 1 (1. ETH Zurich)

A Multi-Term Boltzmann Equation Toolset for Low Temperature Plasmas Max Flynn 1, Andreas Neuber 1, Jacob Stephens 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

Improving a Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Output using a Synchronized Switch Harvesting (SSH) Design Marcus Ashford 1, Barnard Onyenucheya 1, Kevin Burke 1, Jennifer Zirnheld 1 (1. University at Buffalo)

Power flow simulations of the Saturn accelerator using 1D multi-mode transmission line models David Sirajuddin 1, Duncan McGregor 1, Edward Phillips 1, Peggy Christenson 1, Kenneth Struve 1, Timothy Pointon 1, Keith Cartwright 1, Ben Ulmen 1, Kevin Austin 1, Jonathan Douglass 1, Mark Savage 1, Brian Hutsel 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Modeling of a high-gradient C-band linac for Hard X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers Trudy Bolin 1, Sandra Biedron 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Modeling Photoionization of Nitrogen and Oxygen Mixtures Anahita Alibalazadeh 1, Justin Smith 1, Andrew Fierro 1, Mark Gilmore 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Studying power flow in a coupled conical/coaxial magnetically insulated transmission line Andrew Fierro 1, Kimberly Faris 1, Jane Lehr 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Phenomenological Outgassing of Stainless Steel Anodes Caused by Relativistic Electron Beam in UHV/VHV Environment Tyler Watson 1, John Mockert 1, Andreas Neuber 1, James Dickens 1 (1. Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics)

Linear pulse transformer with pulse repetition up to 5 Hz Vitaly Alexeenko 1, Andrey Zherlitsyn 1, Sergey Kondratiev 1 (1. Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS)

Breakdown processes in short air-gaps at different pressures Igor Timoshkin 1, Mark Wilson 1, Scott MacGregor 1, Nelly Bonifaci 2, Rachelle Hanna 2 (1. University of Strathclyde, 2. G2E Laboratory, CNRS, Grenoble)

ELECTROTHERMAL AND MHD INSTABILITIES IN EXPLODING CYLINDRICAL FOIL LINER Dao Yuan Zhang 1, Jian Wu 1, Ziwei Chen 1, Zhenyu Wang 1, Zhiyuan Jiang 1, Huantong Shi 1, Xingwen Li 1, Aici Qiu 1 (1. Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Development of a Parallelised, Adaptive Mesh Drift-Diffusion Solver in FEniCS for the Modelling of Streamer Discharges in Gas-Solid Topologies Timothy Wong 1, Igor Timoshkin 1, Scott MacGregor 1, Mark Wilson 1, Martin Given 1 (1. University of Strathclyde)

14th December 2021

8:00am

Plenary 2

Dr. John Mankowski (Texas Tech University)

2021 Peter Haas Award Presentation

Plenary 2 Andreas Neuber (Texas Tech University)

14th December 2021

10:30am

Oral 2O-A: Opening and Closing Switches 2

Prof. Tom Huiskamp (Eindhoven University of Technology)

10:30am Fast & Flexible Solid-State Marx Generator for PAW Generation (INVITED) J.J. van Oorschot 1, Mahdi Azizi 1, Tom Huiskamp 1 (1. Eindhoven University of Technology)

11:00am Self-Breakdown Study of Spherical Electrodes in Air Spanning Pressures from Atmosphere to 2000 psia, and Stress Times from Multi-Second to Microsecond Joseph Felix 1, Brian Stoltzfus 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

11:15am Ultra-Low Energy Laser Triggering of Spark Gaps Jon Pouncey 1, Jane Lehr 2 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, 2. University of New Mexico)

11:30am Characterizing fault propagation models in the electrical grid using induced voltage pulses Dhananjay Anand 1, Kumaraguru Prabakar 2 (1. National institute of standards and technology, 2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

11:45am High Power Thyristors Operating in Impact Ionization Wave Mode: A Preliminary Study toward Ultra-High Current Applications Ejlal SHAHRIARI 1, Anton Gusev 1, Thomas Maysonnave 1, Antoine Silvestre de Ferron 2, Laurent Pecastaing 1 (1. Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/ E2S UPPA, Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au Génie Électrique – Fédération IPRA, EA4581, 64000, Pau, France, 2. Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au Génie Électrique – Fédération IPRA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/E2S UPPA, 64000 Pau, France)

12:00pm 2 kV Thyristor Triggered in Impact-Ionization Wave Mode by a Solid-State Spiral Generator Ivan Lavrinovich 1, Anton Gusev 1, Simon Bland 2, Susan Parker 2, Jiaqi Yan 3, Bucur Novac 4, Antoine Silvestre de Ferron 1, Laurent Pecastaing 1 (1. Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/ E2S UPPA, Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au Génie Électrique, 2. Imperial College London, 3. Xi'an Jiaotong University, 4. Loughborough University)

14th December 2021

10:30am

Oral 2O-B: Numerical Modelling and Computational Techniques

Dr. Keith Cartwright (Sandia National Laboratories)

10:30am FIRST-PRINCIPLES MODEL OF ELECTRODE PLASMA FORMATION IN MA-SCALE ACCELERATORS (INVITED) Nichelle Bennett 1, Sean Simpson 1, George Laity 1, Dale Welch 2, Michael Cuneo 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. Voss Scientific, LLC)

11:00am Interior Electromagnetic Fields of Buildings Struck by Lightning Zachary Shaw 1, Harrison Spencer 1, James Dickens 1, Donald Friesen 2, David Hattz 2, Neil Koone 2, Jacob Stephens 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

11:15am Multipactor discharge simulated via a Vlasov-Poisson numerical model* Luke Silvestre 1, Ravindra Joshi 1, Jacob Stephens 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

11:30am Code-to-code benchmarking of high energy beam transport in a gas cell Brandon Medina 1, Pierre Grua 2, David Hebert 2, Nicolas Szalek 2, Jacques Gardelle 2, Keith Cartwright 1, Chris Moore 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. CEA)

11:45am Classical Nonlinear Compton Scattering with Strong Bessel Laser Beams Huber Nieto-Chaupis 1 (1. Universidad Autónoma del Perú)

12:00pm Immunity Study of PMU to EMP by Port Impedance Measurement and PCI testing Simulation Liang Zhang 1, Wei Qiu 2, He Yin 1, Lawrence Markel 3, Dahan Liao 3, Zhi Li 3, Yilu Liu 1 (1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA, 2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University

of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA, 3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA)

12:15pm Transmission Loss of a millimeter wave pulse through a half-wave dielectric window Ruei Fu Jao 1, Kaviya Aranganadin 2, Hua-Yi Hsu 3, John Verboncoeur 4, Ming-Chieh Lin 2 (1. School of Information Technology, Guangdong Industry Polytechnic, 2. Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, 4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University)

14th December 2021

10:30am

Oral 2O-C: PP Diagnostics, LTDs, and Switches

Dr. Roman Shapovalov (University of Michigan)

10:30am Understanding electrode plasma formation on wires and thin foils via vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy of desorbed surface contaminants (INVITED) Trevor Smith 1, Mark Johnston 2, Nicholas M. Jordan 3, Michael Cuneo 2, George Laity 2, Ryan McBride 3 (1. University of Michigan; Sandia National Laboratories, 2. Sandia National Laboratories, 3. University of Michigan)

11:00am Advances in Custom Pulse Power Cores Eric Theisen 1, Vadym Pysmennyi 1 (1. Metglas)

11:15am Standard Semiconductor Diodes as High-Voltage Opening Switches Mawuena Rémi DEGNON 1, Anton Gusev 1, Antoine Silvestre de Ferron 1, Laurent Pecastaing 1, Bucur Novac 2, Gaëtan Daulhac 3, Aleksandr Baranov 3, BOISNE Sébastien 3, Michael Barnes 4, Viliam Senaj 4, Thomas Kramer 4 (1. Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/ E2S UPPA, Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées

à la Mécanique et au Génie Électrique 2. Loughborough University, 3. ITHPP, 4. ABT Group, SY Department, CERN)

14th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 2O-D: HV Insulation & Breakdown Session 2

Dr. Andrew Fierro (Research Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico)

1:00pm Breakdown and development of sub-ns pulsed spark discharges in short gaps under overvoltage conditions (INVITED) Hans Höft 1, Markus M. Becker 1, Jürgen F. Kolb 1, Tom Huiskamp 4 (1. INP Greifswald, 2. TU Eindhoven)

1:30pm Effect of Humidity on Charge Decay in Varying Atmospheric Gases Zach Cardenas 1, Benedikt Esser 1, Ivan Aponte 1, Jacob Stephens 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Donald Friesen 2, David Hattz 2, Neil Koone 2, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

1:45pm Finite Element Modeling (FEM) of Altered Dielectric Epoxy and Plastic Insulation Materials David Wetz 1, Hayden Atchison 1, Shawn Scoggin 1 (1. University of Texas at Arlington)

2:00pm DC and Pulsed Evaluation of Altered Dielectric Insulation Materials David Wetz 1, Shawn Scoggin 1, Hayden Atchison 1 (1. University of Texas at Arlington)

2:15pm MULTILAYER SHIELDING DESIGNS FOR SENSITIVE DEVICES UNDER HARSH ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT Roman Leduc 1, Jean-Marc Dienot 2, Robert Ruscassié 1, Jean-Marie Larbaig 1, Thierry Reess 1 (1. Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, SIAME, PAU, France, 2. Universite P. Sabatier -Toulouse III, Labceem,65000, Tarbes, France)

2:30pm Study of the acoustic and optical properties of pulsed supersonic underwater electrical discharge Jessica Stobbs 1, Bucur Novac 1, Peter Senior 1, Matthew Woodyard 1 (1. Loughborough University)

2:45pm Vacuum-Compatible High Gradient Insulators for Compact High Power Systems Jane Lehr 1, Lisa Fisher 1, Cameron Harjes 1, Jon Pouncey 1, Ender Savrun 2 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. Sienna Technologies)

14th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 2O-E: Fusion & Z-Pinches

Dr. Adam Steiner (Sandia National Laboratories)

1:00pm Experimental demonstration of the lossless coupling of 20 MA of current through a scaled transmission line stressed at >50 MA power flow conditions (INVITED) Clayton Myers 1, Christopher Jennings 1, Nichelle Bennett 1, Matthew Gomez 1, Brian Hutsel 1, Eduardo Waisman 1, Carlos Aragon 1, David Bliss 1, Neil Butler 2, Peter Celliers 2, Katherine Chandler 1, Dayne Fratanduono 2, Gerald Jackson 1, Dustin Marshall 1, Michael Montoya 1, Grafton Robertson 1, Eugene Vergel de Dios 2, David Ampleford 1, George Laity 1, Michael Cuneo 1, Gregory Rochau 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

1:30pm Observation of the initiation and evolution of flashover in auto-magnetizing liner experiments Gabriel Shipley 1, Thomas Awe 1, Brian Hutsel 1, David Yager-Elorriaga 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

1:45pm Controlling the explosion of a high-current-density conductor through the addition of micron-scale surface defects Thomas Awe 1, Edmund Yu 1, Maren Hatch 2, Trevor Hutchinson 3, Kurt Tomlinson 4, William Tatum 4, Kevin Yates 5, Brian Hutsel 1, Bruno Bauer 6 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. University of New Mexico, 3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA, 94550, USA, 4. General Atomics, 5. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 6. University of Nevada, Reno)

2:00pm Developments in long-risetime pulsed power research at UC San Diego Simon Bott-Suzuki 1, Jacob Banasek 1, Sam Cordaro 1, Tobias Oliver 1, Simon Bland 2, Jiaqi Yan 3, Susan Parker 4, Jeremy Chittenden 4 (1. UC San Diego, 2. Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom, 3. Xi'an Jiaotong University, 4. Imperial College London)

2:15pm Updates on the X-Pinch Platform and Faraday Rotation Imaging Diagnostic on the Maize Pulsed Power Facility George Dowhan 1, Akash Shah 1, Brendan Sporer 1, Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Ryan McBride 1, Simon Bland 2, Sergey Lebedev 3, Roland Smith 3, Lee Suttle 3, Sergei Pikuz 4 (1. University of Michigan, 2. Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom, 3. Imperial College London, 4. Lebedev Physical Institute)

2:30pm Optical Thomson Scattering system for sheared flow Z-pinch experiments Jacob Banasek 1, Simon Bott-Suzuki 1, Philip Datte 2, Drew Higginson 2, Harry Mclean 2, Steven Ross 2, George Swadling 2, Clement Goyon 2 (1. UC San Diego, 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

2:45pm The generation of kilo-ampere relativistic microsecond electron beams from a high energy density Marx generator based on metal oxide varistors Huibo Zhang 1, Hanwu Yang 1, Zicheng Zhang 1 (1. National University of Defense Technology)

3:00pm Measurement Of Spatial And Temporal Distribution Of Magnetic Field In Z-Pinch Plasma Based On Faraday Rotation Zhiyuan Jiang 1, Jian Wu 1, Ziwei Chen 1, Zhenyu Wang 1, Huantong Shi 1, Xingwen Li 1, Aici Qiu 1 (1. Xi’an Jiaotong University)

14th December 2021

1:00pm

Poster 2P: PP Industrial & Bio-Medical, EML & HPM, RF Sources &

Antennas

Electromagnetic Launcher Peter Stone 1 (1. Freelance researcher)

Armature technologies and launching capabilities of electromagnetic railgun launcher Qing-ao Lv 1, Chunyan Liang 1, Xichao Yuan 1, Zhiming Qiao 1, Bin Lei 1, Hongjun Xiang 1 (1. Army Engineering University, Shijiazhuang)

Effects of aluminum deposits on Startup Behaviors of Armatures Wen Tian 1, Guochao Li 1, Weikang Zhao 1 (1. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Electromagnetic shield of the ammunition components in electromagnetic launching Hongjun Xiang 1, Chunyan Liang 1, Zhiming Qiao 1, Genrong Cao 1, Qing-ao Lv 1, Xichao Yuan 1 (1. Army Engineering University, Shijiazhuang)

Design and Modeling of a Two-stages Sandwiched Electromagnetic Launcher Mae AlMansoori 1, A. R. Baba 1, Fernando Albarracin 1, David Martinez 1, Gideon

Nimo Appiah 1, Mohammed Al Kaabi 1, Abdulla Al Ali 1, Chaouki Kasmi 1, N. Mora 1 (1. Technology Innovation Institute)

Effects of ambient temperature and pressure scenarios on particle liberation during surface flashover on metalized polypropylene film. James Allen 1, Barnard Onyenucheya 1, Kevin Burke 1, Jennifer Zirnheld 1 (1. University at Buffalo)

Bipolar Microsecond Pulser for Electroporation and Medical Pulsed Power Alex Henson 1, Caleb Schmidt 1, Kevin Muggli 1, Huatsern Yeager 1 (1. Eagle Harbor Technologies)

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for killing tumor cells: The physical and biological mechanism Jianhao Lin 1, Shoulong Dong 1, Jianhao Ma 1, Wencheng Peng 1, Hongmei Liu 1, Penghao Zhang 1, Liang Yu 1, Chenguo Yao 1 (1. State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University)

Design of 3He Solenoid Power Supply at BNL Yugang Tan 1 (1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Initial Development of a High-Voltage Pulse Generator for High-Energy Beam Kickers James Prager 1, Kenneth E. Miller 1, Zach Mulalley 1, Alex Henson 1 (1. Eagle Harbor Technologies)

Design and implementation of the SML Modulators for the ESS Linac Max Collins 1, Carlos Martins 2 (1. Lund University, 2. European Spallation Source)

Power System for Continuously Pulsed RMF-FRC Thruster Kenneth E. Miller 1, James Prager 1, Alex Henson 1, Kyle McEleney 1, Joshua Woods 2, Chirstopher Sercel 2, Tate Gill 2, Eric Viges 2, Benjamin Jornes 2 (1. Eagle Harbor Technologies, 2. University of Michigan)

Active and Passive Reset Circuits for Multistage Magnetic Pulse Compression (MPC) Circuits Used in Gas Laser Applications Harpreet Grover 1, Francis Dawson 1 (1. University of Toronto)

Ultra-miniaturized Pulsed Plasma Thruster for Nanosatellites Marcos Díaz 1, Leopoldo Soto 2, Cristian Pavez 3, Jalaj Jain 3, Jose Moreno 3, Karla Aubel 3, José Pedreros 1, Rodrigo Silva 1, Ariel Tello Fallau 1 (1. Space and Planetary Exploration Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Chile, 2. Research Center on the Intersection in Physics of Plasmas, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 3. Research Center on the Intersection in Plasma Physics, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile)

Analysis of unstable chromosomal aberrations in the case of pulsed x-ray irradiation: Applied to cytogenetic dosimetry Jose Moreno 1, Valentina Verdejo 2, Jalaj Jain 1, Analia Radl 1, Christoph Janicek 3, Leopoldo Soto 1 (1. Research Center on the Intersection in Plasma Physics, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 2. Laboratorio de Dosimetría Citogenética, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago Chile, 3. Universidad Mayor, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Escuela de Biotecnología, Manuel Montt 367, Santiago, Chile)

Compact Inductive Adder for High Power Microwave Applications Timothy Ziemba 1, Kenneth E. Miller 1, Chris Bowman 1, Nick Yang 1, Caleb Schmidt 1, Allen Garner 2, Travis Crawford 2 (1. Eagle Harbor Technologies, 2. Purdue University)

A 10kV Modular Solid Boost-Marx Pulse Generator With Inductive Isolation Wenjie Sun 1, Mingzu He 1, Liang Yu 1, Jianhao Ma 1, Penghao Zhang 1, Shoulong Dong 1, Chenguo Yao 1 (1. State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment and System Security and New Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University)

X-band Relativistic Backward Wave Oscillator with dynamic frequency tunability Jean-Christophe DIOT 1, Antoine CHAULOUX 1, Jeremy POTHEE 1, Thierry CHACONIE 1, Nicolas RIBIERE-THARAUD 1 (1. CEA)

Gyrotron ECRH HV power supply 60kV/20A 100ms with energy storage Mikel Zulaika 1, Aitor Beltza 1, Bas Eikelboom 1, Enrique Santiago 1 (1. Jema Energy)

Characterization and Optimization of a Relativistic Tunable Magnetron Solution

Yannick Delvert 1, Antoine CHAULOUX 1, Jean-Christophe DIOT 1, Nicolas RIBIERE-THARAUD 1, Philippe Lévêque 2 (1. CEA, 2. Xlim)

MDO Characterization with a Novel Split Ring Cathode Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

Flexible Relativistic Source Test Bed Upgrades Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

Electromagnetic Launcher Speed Control with a Multilevel Fast Triggering Time Algorithm (MFTTA) NAİL TOSUN 1, Ozan Keysan 1 (1. MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY)

Multichannel high-voltage pulsed generators for electro-discharge technologies Vitaly Alexeenko 1, Andrey Zherlitsyn 1, Sergey Kondratiev 1 (1. Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS)

GFP introduction for RAW264.7 cells by combining nanosecond high voltage pulse and millisecond pulse Susumu Kono 1, Nobuaki Tominaga 1 (1. National Institute of Technology, Ariake College)

Effective radiopulse generation in dispersive nonlinear transmission lines with semiconductor switch diodes Vladimir Konev 1, Ilya Romanchenko 1, Valery Barmin 1, Sergey Maltsev 1, Ilya Prudaev 2, Pavel Priputnev 1 (1. Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS, 2. Tomsk State University)

Design and Experimental Test of an X-band Relativistic Gyrotron Driven by a Carbon Fiber Array Cathode Dian Zhang 1, Jun Zhang 2, Chenxiang An 1 (1. College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, 2. State key laboratory of pulsed power laser technology)

Numerical modeling of the excitation of high-frequency oscillations in nonlinear transmission lines with saturated ferrite Pavel Priputnev 1, Ilya Romanchenko 1, Igor Pegel 1, Vladimir Tarakanov 2 (1. Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS, 2. Joint Institute for High Temperatures)

15th December 2021

8:00am

Oral 3O-A: High-Energy Density Physics and Technology

Dr. Simon Bland (Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom)

8:00am Possible applications of underwater electrical wire explosions in high energy density physics (INVITED) Daniel Maler 1, Alexander Rososhek 1, Sergey Efimov 1, Alexander Virozub 1, Yakov Krasik 1, Simon Bland 2, Maxim Kozlov 3 (1. Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003, Israel, 2. Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom, 3. Nazarbayev University)

8:30am A compact X-ray diffraction system for dynamic compression experiments on the Thor pulsed-power generator Tommy Ao 1, Dane Morgan 2, Brian Stoltzfus 1, Kevin Austin 1, Joshua Usher 1, Eric Breden 1, Lena Pacheco 1, Steven Dean 1, Justin Brown 1, Sakun Duwal 1, Hongyou Fan 1, Patricia Kalita 1, Marcus Knudson 1, J. Matthew D. Lane 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. Mission Support and Technical Services, LLC)

8:45am Saturn MITL Design Update Jonathan Douglass 1, Kevin Austin 1, Kate Bell 1, Jack Cassidy 1, Prithwish Das 1, Colton Gibney 1, Brian Hutsel 1, Debbe Kirschner 1, Kraig Leonard 1, John Lott 1, Thomas Mulville 1, Alex Nash 1, Timothy Pointon 1, Jeffery Tunell 1, Mark Savage 1, Michael Sullivan 1, Ben Ulmen 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

9:00am The Design and Testing of a Marx Generator-based System for Multi-pulse Flash X-ray Matthew Lara 1, Jon Mayes 1, Jeremy Byman 1, Eric Perry 1, Christopher Hatfield 1 (1. Applied Physical Electronics, L.C.)

9:15am Scrutinize of X-rays Compton Scattering Through the Classical Hartemann-Kerman Model and Dalitz-like Plots Technique Huber Nieto-Chaupis 1 (1. Universidad Autónoma del Perú)

9:30am Modelling and Design of Halbach Array PM Excited Steel Core Outer Rotor Compulsator PRIYVRAT VATS 1, Bhim Singh 1 (1. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)

9:45am Damage and protection of freewheeling diode in pulse power supply sequential discharge progress Genrong Cao 1, Hongjun Xiang 1, Zhiming Qiao 1, Xichao Yuan 1, Chunyan Liang 1, Qing-ao Lv 1, Bin Lei 1 (1. Army Engineering University, Shijiazhuang)

15th December 2021

8:00am

Oral 3O-B: Intense Electron and Ion Beams & Plasma, Ion and

Electron Sources

Dr. Mark Johnston (Sandia National Laboratories)

8:00am Bright Beam Ampere-Class (N)UNCD Field Emission Cathode for RF Guns (INVITED) Mitchell Schneider 1, Emily Jevarjian 2, Jiahang Shao 3, Wanming Liu 3, Tanvi Nikhar 2, Taha Posos 2, John Power 3, Sergey Baryshev 2 (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, 3. Argonne National Laboratory)

8:30am Brazed Carbon Felt Cathode - An Experimental Study Frank Hegeler 1, Matthew Myers 1, Brad Hoff 2, Sterling Beeson 2, Ronald Smith 3 (1.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2. US Air Force Research Lab, Directed Energy Directorate, 3. S-Bond Technologies)

8:45am USE OF A DOSE-RATE MONITOR ARRAY TO INFER INTENSE ELECTRON BEAM ANGLE CHANGE ON THE HERMES-III ACCELERATOR AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES* Timothy Renk 1, Bruce Weber 2 (1. Sandia National Laboratories, 2. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

9:00am Gas density dynamics in three-dimensions following a nanosecond-pulse high-voltage discharge in air using laser Rayleigh scattering Steven Adams 1, Jared Miles 1, Neil Pohl 1, James Williamson 2, Boyd Tolson 3, Chase Murray 3 (1. US Air Force Research Lab, 2. UES, Inc., 3. University of Dayton Research Institute)

9:15am Plasma Discharge Across Metal Nanoparticle Surfaces and Plasma-driven CO2 Reduction to CO and Higher Order Hydrocarbons Bofan Zhao 1, Sisi Yang 1, Indu Aravind 1, Zhi Cai 1, Martin Gundersen 1, Stephen Cronin 1 (1. University of Southern California)

15th December 2021

8:00am

Oral 3O-C: Pulsed Power Diagnostics

Dr. Simon Bott-Suzuki (UC San Diego)

8:00am Self assembled Seashell Like Coatings for Large Area Robust Debris Shields for Next Generation Pulsed Power Drivers (INVITED) Guangping Xu 1, Hongyou Fan 1, Chad McCoy 1, Melissa Mills 1, Jens Schwarz 1, Tuan Ho 1, Justin Rosenthal 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

8:30am Radiation effects on fiber-optic velocimetry in pulsed power environments Daniel Dolan 1, Sheri Payne 2, Kate Bell 1, Brian Fox 1, Nathan Moore 1 (1. Sandia National Labs, 2. Mission Support and Technical Services, LLC)

8:45am Surface Charge Distribution Mapping Using Electrostatic Probe Micah LaPointe 1, Benedikt Esser 1, Ivan Aponte 1, Zach Cardenas 1, James Dickens 1, John Mankowski 1, Jacob Stephens 1, Donald Friesen 2, Neil Koone 2, David Hattz 2, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. CNS Pantex)

9:00am Analytical Approach for Fault Diagnosis of High Voltage High Pulse Power Supply for High Power Klystron KRISHNA KUMAR RAI 1, Giridhar A V 2, D R Jahagirdhar 3, Ashish Rai 4, Preethi Chacko 1 (1. Center for High Energy Systems and Sciences, DRDO, 2. National Institute of Technology, 3. Research Centre Imarat, DRDO, 4. Defence Research and Development Organisation)

15th December 2021

10:30am

Plenary 3

Dr. Edl Schamiloglu (University of New Mexico)

Dr. Steve Calico (SARA Inc.)

2020 & 2021 Kristiansen Awards Presentation

Plenary 3: Scorpius Update - Progress towards a new, multi-pulse radiographic system Dr. Mark Crawford (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

15th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 3O-D: High Power Microwave Systems and Sources

Dr. James Schrock (US Air Force Research Lab, Directed Energy Directorate)

1:00pm Development of a High Impedance Magnetically Insulated Line Oscillator (INVITED) Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Drew A. Packard 1, Christopher J. Swenson 1, Stephen V. Langellotti 1, Emma N. Guerin 1, Y.Y. Lau 1, Ronald M. Gilgenbach 1 (1. University of Michigan)

1:30pm Evaluation of Explosive Emission of Carbon Fiber Cathodes for High-Power Microwave Devices Tyler Buntin 1, Matthew Abide 1, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1, Ravindra Joshi 1, John Mankowski 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

1:45pm Effect of roughness on the total electronic emission yield of silver coatings produced by electrodeposition from aqueous AgNO3 solutions Julie Belfio 1, Mohamed Belhaj 1, Florica Lazar 2, Omar Jbara 2 (1. ONERA Toulouse, 2. MATIM laboratory, Université de Reims Champagnes-Ardennes (URCA))

2:00pm The Non-Linear Complete Absorption Phenomenon for High-Power Microwave in a Plasma Filled Waveguide Yang Cao 1, John Leopold 1, Yuri Bliokh 1, Guy Leibovitch 1, Yakov Krasik 1 (1. Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003, Israel)

2:15pm A novel pulsed power system for HPM applications Njomza Ibrahimi 1, Laurent Ariztia 1, Jérémy Hyvernaud 2, Alexey Zhabin 1, Antoine Silvestre de Ferron 1, Marc Rivaletto 1, Bucur Novac 3, Edson Martinod 2, Valérie Bertrand 4, Romain Negrier 2, Joël Andrieu 2, Michele Lalande 2, Laurent Pecastaing 1 (1. Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au Génie

Électrique – Fédération IPRA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/E2S UPPA, 64000 Pau, France, 2. XLIM, Brive, France, 3. Loughborough University, 4. CISTEME – 15 rue Daniel de Cosnac – 19100 Brive-La-Gaillarde, France)

2:30pm OPERATION STUDY OF A BENCH COMPACT GYROMAGNETIC NLTL Jose Osvaldo Rossi 1, Fernanda Sayuri Yamasaki 1, Andre Ferreira Teixeira 1, Elizete Rangel 1, Ana Flavia Guedes Greco 1, Joaquim José Barroso 1, Lauro Paulo Silva Neto 7, Edl Schamiloglu 8 (1. National Institute for Space Research, 2. Federal University of Sao Paulo, 3. 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA)

2:45pm Generation of high power nanosecond RF pulses by gyromagnetic nonlinear transmission line without solenoid Ilya Romanchenko 1, Pavel Priputnev 1, Vladimir Konev 2 (1. Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS, 2. institute of high)

3:00pm The shock wave configuration used in nonlinear transmission lines to improve the voltage modulation depth* Lauro Paulo Silva Neto 1, Vlademir Celso dos Santos Junior 1, Jose Osvaldo Rossi 2, Joaquim José Barroso 2, Edl Schamiloglu 3, Elizete Rangel 2, Gustavo de Lima 2, Lucas Fugikawa-Santos 4 (1. Federal University of Sao Paulo, 2. National Institute for Space Research, 3. University of New Mexico 4. Sao Paulo State University)

3:15pm Optimization of high power magnetron for wireless power transmission using CFDTD PIC simulation Kaviya Aranganadin 1, Hua-Yi Hsu 2, Ming-Chieh Lin 1 (1. Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology)

15th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 3O-E: Industrial and Commercial Applications & Modulators

and Pulsed Magnets for Accelerators

Mr. Matthew Lara (Applied Physical Electronics, LLC)

1:00pm Cleaning Downhole Oilfield Equipment with Pulsed Power Charles Fensky 1, Ali Habibi 2 (1. Blue Spark Energy, 2. University of Alberta)

1:15pm Lightning-Induced Pulse Generator for Simulating Indirect Effects of Lightning on Airborne Equipment Su-Mi Park 1, Woo-Cheol Jeong 1, Hong-Je Ryoo 1 (1. Chung Ang University)

1:30pm New developments on Marx generator circuit for accelerators based on SiC MOSFETs Luis Redondo 1, Aleh Kandratsyeu 2, Michael Barnes 3 (1. Lisbon Engineering Superior Institute, 2. EnergyPulse Systems, 3. ABT Group, SY Department, CERN)

1:45pm Paralleled Marx Modulator Driving a Klystron in a Radiation Environment Kelli Noel-Palmer 1, Christopher Yeckel 1, Sherry Hitchcock 1, Paul Holen 1, Randy Ross 1 (1. Stangenes Industries)

2:00pm Solid-state bipolar Marx generator prototype for the Super MuSR beamline electrostatic chopper at ISIS Luis Redondo 1, Aleh Kandratsyeu 2, Jonny Ranner 3 (1. Lisbon Engineering Superior Institute, 2. EnergyPulse Systems, 3. ISIS Neutron and Muon facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire)

2:15pm Design and Optimization of Pulse Forming Networks for Electromagnetic Manufacturing Systems Deepak Kaushik 1, M. Joy Thomas 1 (1. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)

2:30pm Microsecond Pulsed Discharge Cracking Heavy Oil for Energy Conversion Zhe Fan 1, Hao Sun 1, Shuai Zhang 1, Cheng Zhang 1, Tao Shao 1 (1. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15th December 2021

1:00pm

Poster 3P: Opening and Closing Switches & Pulsed Power Switches

and High Power Electronics

A Solid-State Thyratron Replacement as a High-Voltage Trigger for HEDP Applications James Prager 1, Kenneth E. Miller 1, Timothy Ziemba 1, Chris Bowman 1, Kyle McEleney 1 (1. Eagle Harbor Technologies)

Compact solid state switched spiral generators as triggers for pulsed power accelerators Simon Bland 1, Susan Parker 1, Jiaqi Yan 2, Simon Bott-Suzuki 3, Jacob Banasek 3, Sam Cordaro 3 (1. Imperial College London, 2. Xi'an Jiaotong University, 3. UC San Diego)

Optical measurement of the new Saturn gas switch as a timing fiducial* Ben Ulmen 1, Israel Owens 1, Theodore Grabowski 1, Mark Savage 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Characterization of a New 3-MV Gas Switch for Saturn* Theodore Grabowski 1, Mark Savage 1, Kevin Austin 1, Matthew McLane 1, Peter Jones 1, Albert Owen 1, Sean Coffey 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Attenuation of Ka-band microwaves using an optically activated, in-waveguide, semiconductor

Austin Hewitt 1, Benedikt Esser 1, Ravindra Joshi 1, John Mankowski 1, James Dickens 1, Andreas Neuber 1, Jacob Stephens 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

Triggered Spark Gap Evaluation and Optimization for Low Jitter, High Reliability Applications John Contovasilis 1, Andrew Young 1 (1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA, 94550, USA)

Si and SiC Drift Step Recovery Diode Development for WB and UWB Pulse Generation Jason Sanders 1, Reza Ghandi 2, Stephen Arthur 2 (1. Transient Plasma Systems, Inc., 2. GE Research Center)

Novel Solid State Solutions for HPM Arrays Yeong-Jer Chen 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

Synchronized switching of two fast Marx-Fitch generators. Michal Nevrkla 1, Alexandr Jancarek 2 (1. Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2. Czech Technical University in Prague)

Compact Sealed Spark Gaps Seth Miller 1, Emily Schrock 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Simulation of Silicon and Silicon Carbide Sharpening Diodes for sub-Nanosecond Pulse Generations Reza Ghandi 1, Jason Sanders 2 (1. GE Research Center, 2. Transient Plasma Systems Inc.)

Evaluation and Characterization of 15-kV, 4H-SiC N-Channel MOSFET for Power Conversion Applications Aderinto Ogunniyi 1, Heather O'Brien 1, Miguel Hinojosa 1, Sei-Hyung Ryu 2, Edward VanBrunt 2 (1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2. Wolfspeed, a Cree Company)

Performance Advantages of N-doped Epi for High-Voltage Silicon Carbide Thyristors Heather O'Brien 1, Aderinto Ogunniyi 1, Sei-Hyung Ryu 2, Tsz (Jim) Tsoi 3, Stephen Bayne 3 (1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2. Wolfspeed, a Cree Company, 3. Texas Tech University)

Investigating Lock On in Gallium Nitride Photoconductive Solid State Switches Jane Lehr 1, Brad Maynard 1, Nicolas Gonzalez 1, Richard Gallegos 2, Robert Kaplar 2, Alan Mar 2, Emily Schrock 2, Greg Pickrell 2, Harry Hjalmarson 2 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

Development and Integration of a Solid-State Thyratron for the National Ignition Facility Plasma Pockels Cell Switch Pulsed Generators David B. Housley 1, Glen F. James 2, Tony S. Runtal 1, Bruno J. Le Galloudec 1, Ken Brandmier 3 (1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA 94550, USA, 2. North Wind Services, Livermore CA 94551, USA, 3. Excelitas Technologies Corporation, Malvern PA 19355, USA)

An LC network for current limiting at hundreds of kV and tens of MHz Alex Pokryvailo 1 (1. Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp.)

Plasma-Density Imaging using a 2-Dimensional, Second-Harmonic, Dispersion Interferometer Frank Wessel 1, Cameron Chavez 1, Andrew Egly 1, Matthew O'Meara 1, Ivan Sepulveda 1 (1. L-Egant Solutions, LLC)

Development of a Dispersion Interferometer for Low Electron Density Measurements in Magnetically Insulated Transmission Lines on Z Nathan Hines 1, R.H. Dwyer 1, Mark Gilmore 1, Sonal Patel 2, Daniel Scoglietti 2, Darrell Armstrong 2, George Laity 2, Michael Cuneo 2 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

Current Measurements with Wide Frequency Response Using a DC Transformer Ian Allfrey 1 (1. TAE Technologies, Inc)

Improved continuity monitoring system for the DIII-D toroidal-field coil interconnects Igor Bykov 1, Kurt Holtrop 1, Nicholas Eidietis 1, Daniel Kellman 1, Matthew Wolde 1, Christopher Murphy 1, Ross MacDonald 1, Richard Callis 1, James Leuer 1, James Luxon 1 (1. General Atomics)

A High-Resolution, Multi-View, Spectroscopic Analysis of Deuterium Plasmas Generated by a Local Mass Injection Dense Plasma Focus

Eric Kaiser 1, Stuart Jackson 2 (1. Plasma Physics Division, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

An IGCT Electrical-thermal Unified Model Suitable for Simulation Software Tao chen 1, Peng Fu 1, Liansheng Huang 1, Xiaojiao Chen 1, Shiying He 1, Zhenshang Wang 1, Yuanxun Liu 1, Tianbo Yang 1, Shen Dou 1 (1. The Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Investigating the effects of Non-Linear Loads on Generator-Sets Jose Rodriguez 1, Fernando Salcedo 1, Stephen Bayne 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

Power Hardware in the Loop (PHIL) Emulation of Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems with Operating Voltages as high as 1 kVDC David Wetz 1, Cole Tschritter 1, Alex Johnston 1, Greg Turner 1, John Heinzel 2 (1. University of Texas at Arlington, 2. Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division)

Progress in Development of Pulsed Resonant Charging Power Supply for the Spallation Neutron Source Extraction Kicker PFN System Vladimir Peplov 1, Chris Pappas 1, Robert Saethre 1, Yugang Tan 1 (1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Reliability of SiC MPS Diodes Under Non-Repetitive Forward Surge Current Braydon Westmoreland 1, Tsz (Jim) Tsoi 1, Jose Rodriguez 1, Stephen Bayne 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

SiC GTOs Thyristor for Long Term Reliability on Pulsed Power Application Test Tsz (Jim) Tsoi 1, Chase Whitworth 1, Matthew Kim 1, Stephen Bayne 1, Heather O'Brien 2, Aderinto Ogunniyi 2 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. U.S. Army Research Laboratory)

Safe and Intelligent Wireless Power Transfer System Argenis Bilbao 1, David Graves 2 (1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2. Texas Tech University)

Rapid Capacitor Charger with advanced Digital Control Michael Giesselmann 1, Jon Mayes 2 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. Applied Physical Electronics)

Characterization of a low-jitter Marx generator triggering system for time-resolved diagnostics application Michael Mounho 1, Jacob Young 1, John Mankowski 1, Andreas Neuber 1, Jacob Stephens 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

Maximum Power Point Tracking of Inductive-Resonant Wireless Power Transfer Systems Using a Buck Converter on the Receiving-Side to Mitigate the Effects of Coil Misalignment Argenis Bilbao 1, Stephen Bayne 2 (1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2. Texas Tech University)

SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE CURRENT BALANCING USING REINFORCEMENT MACHINE LEARNING Argenis Bilbao 1, Braydon Westmoreland 2 (1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2. Texas Tech University)

An Optically Controlled High Voltage Switch based on Dopped Diamond Lishan Zhao 1, Huibo Zhang 2, Song Li 1, Mingxuan Gao 1, Zicheng Zhang 2 (1. College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, 2. National University of Defense Technology)

16th December 2021

8:00am

Plenary 4

Dr. Stephen Bayne (Texas Tech University)

2020 & 2021 Guenther Pulsed Power Student Awards Presentation Dr. Stephen Bayne (Texas Tech University)

Plenary 4: Exploding Wires for High Energy Density Physics Research Dr. Simon Bland (Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London)

16th December 2021

10:30am

Oral 4O-A: HV Insulation and Explosive Pulsed Power

Dr. Theodore Grabowski (Sandia National Laboratories)

10:30am System Integration of the Los Alamos MK-X Helical Flux Compression Generator and the Ranchero High Current Generator for Imploding Liner Experiments: LA-UR-21-23499 (INVITED) James Goforth 1, Eva Baca 1, Andrew Barnes 1, remington Bullis 1, Conrad Farnsworth 1, Timothy Foley 1, Thomas Gianakon 1, Janina Gielata 1, Jake Gunderson 1, Brian Glover 1, Dennis Herrera 1, Micah Jakulewicz 1, Dennis Jaramillo 1, Alan Novak 1, Henn Oona 1, Philip Rae 1, Kevin Rainey 1, Ryan Rettinger 1, Christopher Rousculp 1, Daniel Seitz 1, William Shofner 1, Robert Watt 1, Jacob Yoder 1 (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:00am Temporally resolved light emission and optical emission spectroscopy of surface flashover in vacuum Raimi Clark 1, William Brooks 1, Matthew Hopkins 2, John Mankowski 1, Jacob Stephens 1, Andreas Neuber 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

11:15am Simulations of Pulse Forming Networks (PFN) based on magnetically driven gates. Thomas Gianakon 1, James Goforth 1, Christopher Rousculp 1, Micah Jakulewicz 1, Jake Gunderson 1, Daniel Seitz 1, Timothy Foley 1 (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:30am Initial Investigation of the streamer to spark transition in a ring-to-plate configuration Md Ziaur Rahman 1, Edwin Oshin 1, Chunqi Jiang 1 (1. Old Dominion University)

11:45am Modelling of Positive Streamers Using the Open-Source PDE Platform FEniCS: Initiation and Development Along a Dielectric Surface Timothy Wong 1, Igor Timoshkin 1, Scott MacGregor 1, Mark Wilson 1, Martin Given 1 (1. University of Strathclyde)

12:00pm Periodical discharge regime transitions in N2 and N2-O2 mixtures under repetitive 15-ns high voltage pulses Zheng Zhao 1, Chenjie Li 1, Anbang Sun 1, Jiangtao Li 1 (1. Xi'an Jiaotong University)

16th December 2021

10:30am

Oral 4O-B: High Power Electronics

Dr. Argenis Bilbao (Texas Tech University)

10:30am Review of the Development of Solid-State Impedance-Matched Marx Generators at Eindhoven University of Technology (INVITED) Tom Huiskamp 1, Mahdi Azizi 1, J.J. van Oorschot 1 (1. Eindhoven University of Technology)

11:00am Design and Fabrication of Fast Rise High-Voltage Pulsers David Garand 1, Jonathan Hares 2, Anthony Dymoke-Bradshaw 2, Paul Kellett 2, Robert Littlewood 1 (1. Sydor Technologies, 2. Kentech Instruments Ltd)

11:15am A High Power and Fast Arbitrary Current Source suitable for Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations Georgios Tsolaridis 1, Juergen Biela 1 (1. ETH Zurich)

11:30am A Medium Voltage AC/DC Testbed for Studying Power System Buffering when Supporting Transient Loads David Wetz 1, Zachary Bailey 1, Alex Johnston 1, Greg Turner 1, Cole Tschritter 1, Christian Schegan 2, John Heinzel 2, Michael Giuliano 2 (1. University of Texas at Arlington, 2. Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division)

11:45am High Voltage/Current Discharge Switch based on the Series-Stacked IGBT Module and the Simple Design of the Gate Driver Circuit Woo-Cheol Jeong 1, Hong-Je Ryoo 1, Su-Mi Park 1 (1. Chung Ang University)

12:00am A Mini-Marx Generator Powered by a Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multiplier Kaviya Aranganadin 1, Zhaofeng Zhang 1, Po-Yu Chang 2, Hua-Yi Hsu 3, Ming-Chieh Lin 1 (1. Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, 2. Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology)

16th December 2021

10:30am

Oral 4O-C: High Power Microwaves, RF Sources and Antennas

Dr. David Abe (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

10:30am THz Wakefield Source Powered by Nonrelativistic Electron Beams (INVITED) Mitchell Schneider 1, Emily Jevarjian 2, Sergey Baryshev 2, Bas van der Geer 3, Alexander Altmark 4, Ben Sims 2 (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, 3. Pulsar P, 4. Saint-Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”)

11:00am Experiments and Simulations on S-Band Coaxial Multipactor Stephen V. Langellotti 1, Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Y.Y. Lau 1, Ronald M. Gilgenbach 1 (1. University of Michigan)

11:15am Design of a Dual Recirculating Planar Crossed-Field Amplifier Christopher J. Swenson 1, Ryan Revolinsky 1, Levi Welch 1, Tanner Nutting 1, Emma N. Guerin 1, Stephen V. Langellotti 1, Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Ryan McBride 1, Y.Y. Lau 1, Ronald M. Gilgenbach 1 (1. University of Michigan)

11:30am Field Analysis of a Dielectric-loaded Rectangular Waveguide for THz Wave Generation Ming-Chieh Lin 1, David Smithe 2 (1. Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, 2. Tech-X Corporation)

16th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 4O-D: Medical, Biological and Environmental Applications

Dr. William White (Verus Research)

1:00pm Separation of positive electrode active materials from spent Lithium-ion battery via electrical pulsed discharge Soowon Lim 1, Kaito Teruya 2, Taketoshi Koita 3, Kazuhiro Mochidzuki 3, Takao NAMIHIRA 4, Chiharu Tokoro 3 (1. Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 2. Graduate School of Creative Science and

Engineering, Waseda University, 3. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 4. Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, Kumamoto University)

1:15pm Control of the discharge path in adhesive for separation of bonding structure Masataka Kondo 1, Taketoshi Koita 2, Soowon Lim 2, Takao NAMIHIRA 3, Chiharu Tokoro 4 (1. Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, 2. Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3. Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, Kumamoto University, 4. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)

1:30pm Low Temperature Plasma Experiments at Verus Research William White 1, Jonathon Heinrich 1, George Dupas 1, Derek Stidham 1 (1. Verus Research)

1:45pm Disinfection Efficacy of Ultraviolet Light Sources on SARS-CoV-2 Brett Huhman 1, Stuart Jackson 1, Joseph Schumer 1, Steve Richardson 1 (1. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

2:00pm Deriving Simple Models to Account for Electroporation in Membrane Potential Calculations Amanda Loveless 1, Richard Ramos 1, William Milestone 2, Ravindra Joshi 2, Kelley Virgilio 3, Allen Garner 1 (1. Purdue University, 2. Texas Tech University, 3. Luna Innovations Inc.)

2:15pm A C-Band Gyromagnetic NLTL System for RF Exposure Study of Virus-Laden Flowing Aerosols Daniel Enderich 1, Brad Hoff 1, Michael Geiler 2, Anton Geiler 2, Casey Ottesen 3, Jeremy McConaha 1, Hugh Pohle 1, Matt Franzi 1, Dave Lepell 4, Thomas Montoya 5, James Schrock 1, John Luginsland 6, Dave Revelli 7, Jason Cox 7, Hammad Irshad 7 (1. US Air Force Research Lab, Directed Energy Directorate, 2. Metamagnetics, Inc., 3. Cosmiac, 4. Leidos, 5. Voss Scientific, 6. Confluent Sciences, LLC., 7. Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute)

2:30pm Coupling Smoluchowski Equation with COMSOL for Generalized Electroporation Simulations William Milestone 1, Qin Hu 2, Amanda Loveless 3, Allen Garner 3, Ravindra Joshi 1 (1. Texas Tech University, 2. Eastern Michigan University, 3. Purdue University)

2:45pm A novel subnanosecond pulsed power system for bio-medical applications Njomza Ibrahimi 1, Leslie Vallet 2, Laurent Ariztia 1, Marc Rivaletto 1, Antoine Silvestre de Ferron 1, Bucur Novac 3, Franck Andre 2, Lluis Mir 2, Laurent Pecastaing 1 (1. Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au Génie Électrique – Fédération IPRA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/E2S UPPA, 64000 Pau, 2. Université Paris-Saclay,Institut Gustave Roussy, CNRS, Metabolic and Systemic Aspects of Onco-genesis (METSY) 94805 Villejuif, France, 3. Loughborough University)

3:00pm Hyper-radiosensitivity in tumor cells following exposure to low dose pulsed x-rays emitted from a kilojoule plasma focus device Jalaj Jain 1, Hector Araya 1, Jose Moreno 1, Sergio Davis 1, Rodrigo Andaur 1, Biswajit Bora 1, Cristian Pavez 1, Katherine Marcelain 2, Leopoldo Soto 1 (1. Research Center on the Intersection in Plasma Physics, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 2. Departamento de Oncología Básico Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile)

3:15pm COMPACT PULSED PLASMA SOURCES FOR ASSISTING GENE ELECTROTRANSFER Edwin Oshin 1, Richard Heller 2, Pavan Cherukuri 2, Chunqi Jiang 1 (1. Old Dominion University, 2. University of South Florida)

16th December 2021

1:00pm

Oral 4E: Electromagnetic Launchers

Dr. Benjamin McGlasson (Naval Postgraduate School)

1:00pm Optimizing Coilgun Geometry to Improve Efficiency James Camp 1 (1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division)

1:15pm Railgun Firings at ASELSAN Electromagnetic Launch Laboratory Mustafa KARAGOZ 1, Anıl CİVİL 1, Ahmet Yasin ORUÇ 1, Bora BOLAT 1, Baran YILDIRIM 1, Burak YURDAKUL 1, Fahri Erinç HIZIR 1, Evren TAN 1, Ferhat Yurdakonar 1, Gökhan ÖZTÜRK 1, Hüseyin AKDEMİR 1, Rasih Hakan DEMİRKOL 1, ibrahim gungen 1, İbrahim ÖNÜR 1, Bekir Mert ÖZCEYLAN 1, Özgür CAVBOZAR 1, Ulaş GÖÇMEN 1 (1. ASELSAN)

1:30pm 8 MJ Pulsed Power Supply for Electromagnetic Launch Experiments Mustafa KARAGOZ 1, Hüseyin AKDEMİR 1, Anıl CİVİL 1, Burak YURDAKUL 1, Emre Durna 1, Evren TAN 1, Ferhat Yurdakonar 1, Özgür CAVBOZAR 1, Rasih Hakan DEMİRKOL 1 (1. ASELSAN)

1:45pm Attempts at optimization and analysis of C armatures using action parameters Gaurav Goyal 1, Jitendra Khatait 1, Sudipto Mukherjee 1 (1. IIT Delhi)

2:00pm Hybrid armature design based on compliance matching with C armatures Gaurav Goyal 1, Jitendra Khatait 1, Sudipto Mukherjee 1 (1. IIT Delhi)

2:15pm Commissioning Experiments at the NPS Pulsed Power Laboratory Benjamin McGlasson 1 (1. Naval Postgraduate School)

2:30pm Lunar Electro-Magnetic Mass Accelerator Concept (LEMMA): An Initial Assessment Ian McNab 1, Benjamin McGlasson 1 (1. Naval Postgraduate School)

2:45pm Computational Studies on a Two-Stage Induction Coilgun Ranashree Ram 1, M. Joy Thomas 1 (1. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)

3:00pm A High Voltage and High Current SCR Commutation Circuit for Driving an Induction Coilgun Ranashree Ram 1, M. Joy Thomas 1 (1. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)

3:15pm Investigation into Discharge-Based Degradation of Battery Cells in Pulsed Power Battery Packs Brett Huhman 1, David Wetz 2 (1. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2. University of Texas at Arlington)

3:30pm Muzzle Voltage Characteristics of Railgun NAİL TOSUN 1, Mustafa KARAGOZ 2, Ferhat Yurdakonar 2, Görkem Gülletutan 1, Ozan Keysan 1 (1. MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, 2. ASELSAN)

16th December 2021

1:00pm

Poster 4P: High-Energy Density Physics and Technology & Particle

Beam and Accelerator Technologies

D'yakov-Kontorovich instability of expanding shock waves Alexander Velikovich 1, César Huete 2 (1. Plasma Physics Division, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2. Grupo de Mecánica de Fluidos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Investigating the Dynamic Behavior of Copper Foils Driven by a Megaampere Class Capacitor Bank

Andrew Young 1, Tony Ferriera 1, Ron Speer 1, Taylor Forwalter 1, Matt Arend 1, Anthony Johnson 1, Jim Hammer 1, Adam White 1 (1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Effects of Pre-Ionization on Current Distribution in a Gas-Puff Z-Pinch Akash Shah 1, Brendan Sporer 1, George Dowhan 1, Kristi Elliott 2, Mahadevan Krishnan 2, Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Ryan McBride 1 (1. University of Michigan, 2. Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation)

High-density, High-field FRC Formation Studies using the MAIZE Linear Transformer Driver Brendan Sporer 1, Akash Shah 1, George Dowhan 1, Stephen Slutz 2, Gabriel Shipley 2, Nicholas M. Jordan 1, Ryan McBride 1 (1. University of Michigan, 2. Sandia National Laboratories)

Ion-temperature driven instabilities of ion acoustic space charge waves in a plasma waveguide Myoung-Jae Lee 1, Young-Dae Jung 2 (1. Department of Physics, Hanyang University, 2. Department of Applied Physics, Hanyang University)

Particle-in-cell simulations of the Saturn central vacuum section* Timothy Pointon 1, David Sirajuddin 1, Peggy Christenson 1, Kenneth Struve 1, Ben Ulmen 1, Mark Savage 1, Jonathan Douglass 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Transient Analysis of Doping-less Silicon Carbide p-i-n Diode Sara Hahmady 1, Stephen Bayne 1 (1. Texas Tech University)

BREMSSTRAHLUNG DIODE DOSE IMPROVEMENTS USING SHAPED ANODE AND CATHODE GEOMETRIES Troy Powell 1, Keith Cartwright 1, Theodore Grabowski 1, Timothy Pointon 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Magnetosonde and optical studies of self-compressible plasma discharge at the PF MOL facility of the TRINITI JSC Yevgeny Grabovsky 1, Aleksandr Gribov 1, Mikhail Krylov 1, Nikolai Efremov 1, Aleksei Lototsky 1, Yan Laukhin 1, Yuriy Sulimin 1, Dmitrii Panfilov 1, Aleksandr Shishlov 1, Aleksei Frolov 1 (1. TRINITI JSC)

Simulations of thin-foil liner implosions driven by a dynamic screw pinch Shailaja Humane 1, Jeff Woolstrum 1, Ryan McBride 1 (1. University of Michigan)

Low energy Plasma focus discharges in a high efficient neutron production regime Cristian Pavez 1, José Pedreros 2, Maximiliano Zorondo 3, Adolfo Sepúlveda 4, Luis Orellana 5, Jalaj Jain 1, Jose Moreno 1, Sergio Davis 1, Gonzalo Avaria 1, Biswajit Bora 1, Leopoldo Soto 1, Francisco Palacios 6, Byron Parra 7, Jaime Romero 7, Ariel Tarifeno-Saldivia 8 (1. Research Center on the Intersection in Plasma Physics, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 2. Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Santiago, 3. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física, Las Palmeras 3425, Nuñoa, Santiago,Chile, 4. Université Laval, Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de bio-Informatique, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada, 5. Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Santiago, Chile, 6. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Nucleares, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 7. Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Física-FCFM, Av. Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile, 8. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

Investigation of inductive effects in a local mass injection initiated dense plasma focus Stuart Jackson 1, Raymond Allen 1, David Mosher 2, Robert Commisso 3, Paul Adamson 1, David Hinshelwood 1, Bruce Weber 1, Eric Kaiser 1, Andrey Beresnyak 1, Joseph Schumer 1 (1. Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, 2. Consultant to NRL through Syntek Technologies, 3. Consultant to NRL through Alion Science)

Mitigation of Capillary Wall Ablation in a Fast Z-pinching Capillary Discharge Michal Nevrkla 1, Jakub Hubner 1, Alexandr Jancarek 1 (1. Czech Technical University in Prague)

Deep learning reconstruction of neutron measurement signals from the ultra high frequency (UHF) emission of a Plasma Focus discharge Gonzalo Avaria 1, Luis Orellana 2, Jorge Ardila 2, Sergio Davis 1, Cristian Pavez 1, Francisco Palacios 3, Ariel Tarifeno-Saldivia 4, Jose Moreno 1, Biswajit Bora 1, Jalaj Jain

1, Leopoldo Soto 1 (1. Research Center on the Intersection in Physics of Plasmas, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 2. Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Santiago, Chile, 3. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Nucleares, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 4. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

Use of a kilojoule plasma focus device to study the effects of axial plasma shock on fusion-reactor related materials Jalaj Jain 1, Jose Moreno 1, Cristian Pavez 1, Leonardo Herrera 1, Marcos Flores 2, Biswajit Bora 1, Sergio Davis 1, Leopoldo Soto 1 (1. Research Center on the Intersection in Plasma Physics, Matter and Complexity, P2mc, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile, 2. Faculty of Physical and mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile)

Development of an efficient, high power electron-beam diode for pumping an argon fluoride laser* Matt Myers 1, Matthew Wolford 1, Malcolm McGeoch 2, Steve Obenschain 1 (1. Plasma Physics Division, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2. PLEX, LLC)

CHARACTERIZATION OF AN IMPROVED MITL EXTENSION FOR THE HERMES-III ACCELERATOR* Theodore Grabowski 1, Troy Powell 1, Sudeep Mitra 1, Keith Cartwright 1, Andrew Biller 1, Timothy Pointon 1, Timothy Renk 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Three-dimensional calculation of the transverse impedance of an accelerating gap of a linear induction accelerator* Carsten Thoma 1, Dale Welch 1, David Rose 1, Alex Russell 1, William Stygar 2 (1. Voss Scientific, LLC, 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA, 94550, USA)

3D electromagnetic simulations of the Saturn waterline through to the vacuum region* Peggy Christenson 1, Keith Cartwright 1, Timothy Pointon 1, David Sirajuddin 1, Ken Struve 1, Ben Ulmen 1, Mark Savage 1, Brian Hutsel 1, Kevin Austin 1, Jonathan Douglass 1 (1. Sandia National Laboratories)

Investigating the beam transport in a Linear Induction Accelerator for multi-pulse X-Ray flash radiography Clara-Marie Alvinerie 1, Rudy Delaunay 1, Remi Maisonny 1 (1. CEA-Gramat)

MeV class electron beams for ultrafast diffraction Destry Monk 1, Sandra Biedron 1, Manel Martinez-Ramon 1, Mariana Fazio 1, Salvador Sosa 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Novel ML control of SRF cavities Jorge Diaz 1, Sandra Biedron 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Data Science and Computational Tools and Challenges for Rapid and Dynamic Compression Experiment Workflows at Free Electron Laser Facilities Christine Sweeney 1 (1. Los Alamos National Laboratory)

MIcrotron for Knowledge –Applications of ELectrons (MIKAEL) Salvador Sosa 1, Sandra Biedron 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

Novel Terahertz Sources Sandra Biedron 1, Salvador Sosa 1, Trudy Bolin 1, Stephen Milton 2 (1. University of New Mexico, 2. LANL)

Surrogate modeling of particle accelerators with VSim and HPC Salvador Sosa 1, Sandra Biedron 1, Trudy Bolin 1, Mariana Fazio 1 (1. University of New Mexico)

CONDITION FOR ACHIEVING NO-ABLATION IMPLOSION OF WIRE ARRAY Z-PINCH Jian Wu 1, Yihan Lu 1, Ziwei Chen 1, Dao Yuan Zhang 1 (1. Xi’an Jiaotong University)