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Soliton production with nonlinear homogeneous lines

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Coleman, Phillip D.; Moorman, Matthew W.; Brown, Douglas G.; Petney, Sharon P.; Dudley, Evan C.; Youngman, Kevin Y.; Penner, Tim D.; Fang, Lu F.; Myers, Katherine M.; Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M.

Low- and high-voltage Soliton waves were produced and used to demonstrate collision and compression using diode-based nonlinear transmission lines. Experiments demonstrate soliton addition and compression using homogeneous nonlinear lines. We built the nonlinear lines using commercially available diodes. These diodes are chosen after their capacitance versus voltage dependence is used in a model and the line design characteristics are calculated and simulated. Nonlinear ceramic capacitors are then used to demonstrate high-voltage pulse amplification and compression. The line is designed such that a simple capacitor discharge, input signal, develops soliton trains in as few as 12 stages. We also demonstrated output voltages in excess of 40 kV using Y5V-based commercial capacitors. The results show some key features that determine efficient production of trains of solitons in the kilovolt range.

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ALEGRA Update: Modernization and Resilience Progress

Robinson, Allen C.; Petney, Sharon P.; Drake, Richard R.; Weirs, Vincent G.; Adams, Brian M.; Vigil, Dena V.; Carpenter, John H.; Garasi, Christopher J.; Wong, Michael K.; Robbins, Joshua R.; Siefert, Christopher S.; Strack, Otto E.; Wills, Ann E.; Trucano, Timothy G.; Bochev, Pavel B.; Summers, Randall M.; Stewart, James R.; Ober, Curtis C.; Rider, William J.; Haill, Thomas A.; Lemke, Raymond W.; Cochrane, Kyle C.; Desjarlais, Michael P.; Love, Edward L.; Voth, Thomas E.; Mosso, Stewart J.; Niederhaus, John H.

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ALEGRA: User Input and Physics Descriptions Version 4.2

Boucheron, Edward A.; Haill, Thomas A.; Peery, James S.; Petney, Sharon P.; Robbins, Joshua R.; Robinson, Allen C.; Summers, Randall M.; Voth, Thomas E.; Wong, Michael K.; Brown, Kevin H.; Budge, Kent G.; Burns, Shawn P.; Carroll, Daniel E.; Carroll, Susan K.; Christon, Mark A.; Drake, Richard R.; Garasi, Christopher J.

ALEGRA is an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element code that emphasizes large distortion and shock propagation. This document describes the user input language for the code.

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