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Generation of high-power ultrawideband electromagnetic pulses in a system with a coaxial tem horn

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A coaxial TEM horn was designed on the basis of results from nonstationary computer modeling using code KARAT. With its high dielectric strength, this antenna is capable of radiating high-power ultrawideband nanosecond pulses. The pulse source used was a compact generator built around a coaxial forming line with a built-in Tesla transformer, which shapes pulses up to 1 GW high at repetition frequencies up to 1 kHz. The amplitude of the pulses on a matched load was 20 kV at a duration of 4 nsec. Returns of ultrawideband signals from objects with simple geometric shapes were studied in laboratory experiments using this radiator.

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  1. Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR

    V. P. Tarakanov

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Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 110–118, December, 1996.

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Gubanov, V.P., Korovin, S.D., Pegel', I.V. et al. Generation of high-power ultrawideband electromagnetic pulses in a system with a coaxial tem horn. Russ Phys J 39, 1250–1256 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02436168

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